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Election board extends candidate-challenge time limits to 5 minutes per speaker
Summary
The Marion County Election Board voted to increase the candidate-challenge speaking allotment from two minutes to five minutes (with option to extend) for today's hearings, citing complexity of issues and new statutory questions.
The Marion County Election Board voted Aug. 10 to extend its candidate-challenge speaking allotment from two minutes to five minutes, with the option to further extend if necessary.
Chair Nolita Stewart asked whether the board wanted to change the default timing for candidate-challenge presentations; Vice Chair Jennifer Ping proposed extending the period to five minutes and her motion passed on a roll call vote. Board counsel recommended hearing both related challenges through their procedures before voting on either to ensure all parties receive the same opportunity and to avoid setting inadvertent precedent.
Members said the change was intended to allow fuller presentation of complex legal issues raised by the new school-board affiliation statute, IC 3-8-2.5, and to give counsel adequate time to walk through statutory distinctions. The board recorded the procedural change in the meeting minutes.
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