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LaPorte County Election Board grants several party-filed challenges, continues a major residency hearing
Summary
During a marathon Feb. 25 session the board granted multiple party-filed challenges (including removing Nicholas Morelli from a delegate and precinct-committeeman contests), assessed procedural rulings on chairman certificates and voting history, and continued a residency hearing for Richard Grammarosa to Feb. 26 with a request for investigative documents.
The LaPorte County Election Board spent significant time Feb. 25 on candidate challenges filed by party officials and members.
Challenges granted: The board granted a challenge filed by Julie Sinclair that removed Nicholas Anthony Morelli from the ballot for state convention delegate (District 3) and from the precinct committeeman contest in MC 11 after reviewing vote-history records and noting the absence of required chairman certificates where applicable. The board explained that challenges focus on statutory and party-rule qualifications — for many delegate and precinct contests, proof of primary voting history or a chairman certificate is required. "The challenge was brought before the board, and the challenge is based…
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