{
  "id": 2433218,
  "title": "The Marion County Election Board took her off the ballot. Now, she’s challenging that decision in court.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/the-marion-county-election-board-took-her-off-the-ballot-now-shes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T20:08:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chalkbeat",
    "slug": "chalkbeat",
    "url": "https://www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2026/08/21/lindsey-cornett-challenges-decision-to-remove-her-from-ballot/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lindsey Cornett, a candidate for the Indianapolis Public Schools board of commissioners, is challenging her removal from the ballot by the Marion County Election Board. Cornett believes she was wrongly taken off the ballot due to her failure to include her party affiliation, which is now allowed but not required in this election. The Marion County Election Board upheld a challenge against Cornett on August 10th, removing her from the ballot because she had indicated she voted in two Indiana Democratic primary elections, contrary to her voter records. Cornett argues that the law is being misapplied and seeks the Marion Superior Court to reinstate her on the ballot. She was one of two District 4 candidates, representing the southwestern part of the school district. However, she isn't the only candidate facing challenges - Chris Bultman, the current District 4 candidate, had his party affiliation also challenged, but the election board rejected it and kept him as a Democrat. The outcome of Cornett's petition for judicial review is expected by September 11th, just in time for the first ballots to be printed in mid-September.",
  "summary": "Lindsey Cornett is asking the Marion Superior Court to put her back on the ballot for the Indianapolis Public Schools board of commissioners after she was removed for not meeting criteria to list her party affiliation. She’s also…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}