Common Cause Indiana v. Individual Members of the Indiana Election Commission

THERESA L. SPRINGMANN, District Judge.

Common Cause is a national organization that advocates for, among other things, the fairness of elections and the elimination of barriers to voting. Its Indiana affiliate, Common Cause Indiana (“Common Cause”), initiated this litigation to challenge the constitutionality of the Indiana Statute that establishes the process for electing judges to the Marion Superior Court in Marion County, Indiana. 1 Common Cause contends that the election procedure established by the Statute violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution,…