Sen. Lugar(r) ruled unable to vote at Indiana home!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Lugar, who sold his Indianapolis house after he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976. He's been using the Indiana address on his driver's license and voter registration, even though he and his wife own a home in Virginia.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/03/richard-lugar-ineligible-to-vote-indiana-/1#.T2Nc2lHns22

[3waygeek]

1. If he can't vote in Indiana,

why is he allowed to run for office there?

[cindyperry2010]

2. I was thinking the

exact same thing

[Historic NY]

4. He can't see the banks of the Wabash, cause he is so far away...

Somehow I thought you were suppose to live where you represent people.

[mackattack]

3. from the article

Last month, the state Election Commission unanimously ruled that Lugar is eligible to run for office in Indiana even though he gave up his residence there.

yeah doesnt make sense to me either

[DefenseLawyer]

5. Indiana Constitution Article 2, Sec. 4:

"No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence in the State, by reason of his absence, either on business of this State or of the United States."

[yortsed snacilbuper]

6. Well,at least he can't vote for himself!

[DefenseLawyer]

7. It's a tough call here in Indiana

Lugar is being primaried by a Teabagger. If it all works out that the nutcase can beat Lugar and then Joe Donnelly can beat the Teabagger, then great. But if the Republican is going to win anyway (which in Indiana is always a pretty good bet) I'd rather have Dick Lugar represent me 1000x more than that wacko.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

8. I see your point,

you don't want teabaggers anywhere near government!

[Ken Burch]

13. Well, Evan Bayh did win not that long ago...and Obama carried Indiana narrowly in '08...

so maybe the state isn't as much a dead loss as it once might have been.

I'd love to see Vance Hartke avenged. He had his flaws, but he was a good solid labor Dem, and never deserved the blowout loss Lugar inflicted on him in 1976.

[Ken Burch]

12. Or even complete his term?

If this ruling isn't thrown out...wouldn't Lugar have to resign his Senate seat, at least in theory?

(if that did happen...does Indiana fill U.S. Senate vacancies through special elections, or would we end up with appointed Senator Mitch Daniels?)

[davidpdx]

9. So Lugar attempted to commit fraud

Don't tell the wingnuts that one of theirs is part of voter fraud scheme. It might make their heads explode.

[caraher]

10. See, he's not considered one of theirs

This is all being pushed by the teabagger trying to knock Lugar out in the primary. They call Lugar a RINO because he occasionally actually talks to Democrats.

[davidpdx]

11. Does he have a Teabag challenger?

There aren't too many middle of the road senators to go after anymore now that Snowe is leaving. Collins will be the senior Senator from Maine which puts a target on her for the 2014 primary.