Indiana Republican John Rust is suing to get on the state's Senate GOP primary ballot as he fails to meet voting record criteria.
John Rust for U.S. SenateIndiana businessman John Rust has filed a lawsuit in a last-ditch effort to get on the Hoosier State’s Republican Senate primary ballot as he does not meet the voting record criteria to run for the seat under state law, an observation first made by Breitbart News in July.
Rust filed the 15-page legal challenge Tuesday in the Marion County Superior Court, naming the Indiana Election Commission, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales, and Jackson County Republican Party Chairwoman Amanda Lowery as the defendants, according to a copy of the filingIt contends that Indiana Code 3-8-2-7 is “unconstitutionally vague and overly broad,” further asserting it creates “a cycle of voter disenfranchisement.
Before an amended version of the law went into effect in 2022, “it required that a candidate vote in one GOP primary,” according to the Capital Chronicle.by Breitbart News in July, shows he voted in Democrat primaries throughout the tail end of the second Bush administration through 2008, 2010, and 2012. It is unclear what party, if any, Rust was affiliated with between 1997 and 2004, though he did vote in Republican primaries in 1996 and 2016, according to the records.
Lowery opted not to certify him as a Republican following a meeting in July due to his voting history, according to the lawsuit. “Lowery expressed concern about Rust having previously voted in Democratic primaries and Rust explained that those votes were for people he knew personally through church or for those who were pro agriculture,” the filing states of the meeting. He further contended he voted for GOP candidates in general elections.
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