State of Indiana v. John Buncich, in his capacity as Chairman of the Lake County Democratic Central Committee, Christine M. Russell, individually, Randolph Palmateer, individually

On Direct Appeal

MASSA, Justice.

Indiana Code section 3-11-1.5-3.4 created a Small Precinct Committee in Lake County and directed it to identify precincts with fewer than 500 active voters that may be amenable to consolidation, a measure intended to reduce election costs in a county that is home to over 15% of our state’s small precincts. Implementing such a consolidation plan, however, could jeopardize the offices of some precinct committeeper-sons, who brought suit challenging the Statute. We are asked to decide whether this piece of legislation is contrary to our *139Indiana Constitution.…