The following report is by WTHR 13:
Democratic incumbent Congressman André Carson easily won the Democratic nomination for Indiana’s 7th Congressional District, with 91% of the vote Tuesday night.
The Republican candidate, Jennifer Pace, who voters chose to run against Carson in November, received 31%.
There’s only one problem, though — Pace is deceased.
The Marion County Voter Registration Office says they got word in late April that they needed to take Pace off the voter registration rolls because she had passed away.
That’s the same Jennifer Pace who was also on the primary ballot Tuesday, along with three other candidates vying to win the Republican nomination this November to run for the 7th District Congressional seat.
Carson has served nine terms in the office.
“It’s incredibly unusual. It’s unfortunate. I feel like it’s uncomfortable, quite frankly,” UIndy political science professor Dr. Laura Wilson said.
Tuesday was the first time Wilson said she heard about Pace’s passing.
“I heard it from several people that were watching elections, and some of the political analysts say, ‘Hey, can you believe this woman’s winning right now?’ and it was pretty incredible in terms of circumstances,” Wilson said, explaining it became even more incredible when the Associated Press declared Wednesday that Pace had won the Republican nomination. “There are times candidates pass away and they don’t win. It’s inconsequential. That’s what makes this different. She’s now selected as the winner, despite no longer being alive, and that complicates things quite a bit.”
13News searched online for an obituary for Pace but didn’t find one.
The Indiana Republican Party did not indicate when they found out about Pace’s passing.
A spokesperson with the Marion County Election Board says they never received any notice to take Pace off the ballot from the Indiana Secretary of State’s Election Division. A spokesperson with the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office says there’s no state law requiring anyone to notify their office when events like this happen in a primary election.
So what happens now?
In a statement to 13News, the Indiana Republican Party says once the Indiana Election Division notifies them of a ballot vacancy, a group of precinct committeemen in the 7th District will have 30 days to choose a replacement.
Wilson said whoever they choose to replace Pace on the ballot will have a challenge ahead, trying to unseat Carson in heavily Democratic district.
“But politics can be crazy, so I wouldn’t say anything is impossible. Highly unlikely and difficult,” Wilson said.
Carson didn’t comment on Pace winning the Republican nomination. He released a statement thanking his supporters, calling their support “an honor and responsibility” he never takes for granted.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
This perfectly sums up our country in a nutshell: a dead population voting for a dead politician to serve a dead country. “But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth,” says 1 Timothy 5:6; which I think is appropriate in this content, as this country has pined away on pleasures, vanities, greed, and sleaze, and look at where we are now…
As a Hoosier I say this is why voting is a complete waste of time. There is no way the GOP, the RNC and CPAC did not know this woman was dead; and it’s just as equally embarrassing that the people are so out of touch they did not know that the candidate they were voting for was deceased. And where was the local media to report on her passing? What an absolute clown show! You can put a stuck pig on the ballot and it wouldn’t’ve made a difference. But, all these same imbeciles will get in the conga line again this November.
SEE: We Have Selections, Not Elections. It’s All Just Theater, Dividing Us Over Premade Decisions
Proverbs 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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The clowns are running the circus! How can a dead person win an election (Selection) and/or dead people vote? You’re right Jacob, this sums up America perfectly: dead people (mostly spiritually dead but still) voting in a dead country that flatlined long before 2020, long before 1920 in fact!
America has had an extreme glut of pleasures and perversions for too long, you live fast and you die young.
“Live fast and die young” is what my father quoted to me when we heard about the death of Marilyn Monroe when I was a young girl. He said it was a saying in his country of origin, but I guess it is universal.
So what is the proper pronoun to use for a dead person, lol?
“it”
Mark Twain once said, “If voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let us vote.” That was back in the 19th Century, mid to late 1800’s. You can find quotes like that going way, way back