Voter Subpoenas Denied in Recount of Narrow Indiana Senate Republican Primary

Voter subpoenas denied in recount of narrow Indiana Senate Republican primary

Republican state Senate candidate Paula Copenhaver, right, listens with her attorney William Bock as Samantha DeWester, an attorney for Sen. Spencer Deery, speaks during an Indiana Recount Commission meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Photo by Tom Davies/Indiana Capital Chronicle)The Indiana Recount Commission rejected a request to question voters under oath about how they cast their ballots in what is now a three-vote margin from May’s Republi…

Indiana Recount Panel Votes 2-1 Against Subpoenaing Voters

Source: Indiana Capital Chronicle INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Recount Commission voted 2-1 Tuesday against subpoenaing voters in a close Republican primary race for Indiana’s 23rd District. Commissioners rejected the request from Republican Paula Copenhaver in her race against incumbent Senator Spencer Deery. Secretary of State Diego Morales voted against the motion. “I think the time to challenge voters is at the polls,” Morales said. “This is t…

Recount Commission Denies Voter Subpoenas, Keeps SD23 Election Contest Alive

The Indiana Recount Commission on Tuesday denied nearly every request in front of it in the disputed Republican primary for State Senate District 23, refusing to let either side take depositions or compel testimony from voters, while leaving the underlying election contest intact. The omnibus order, signed by Commission Chair and Secretary of State Diego Morales, disposed of ten motions, requests and objections argued at a July 28 hearing in the…

Copenhaver doubles down on demand for voter subpoenas ahead of Recount Commission hearing

The recount in Indiana Senate District 23, on a stop in Tippecanoe County in June. (Photo: Dave Bangert)With the Indiana Recount Commission set Tuesday to review results of a two-week, six-county hand count of state Sen. Spencer Deery’s three-vote victory over Paula Copenhaver in the May GOP primary, the challenger’s attorneys doubled down in their demands to subpoena 11 voters she suspected tampered in the Indiana Senate District 23 race by ill…