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Indiana residents voting in the upcoming midterm elections will face three public questions on their ballot.
The first is a proposed change to the Indiana State Constitution, while the other two ask if two judges in statewide voting jurisdictions will keep their offices.
The first public question is a proposed amendment to the Indiana state constitution. If the amendment passes, the state budget cannot exceed estimated revenues without a super-majority of two-thirds of the members of the state House of Representatives and two-thirds of the members of the state Senate.
Both of the judges in statewide voting jurisdictions on the ballot were appointed by former Governor Mike Pence. Court of Appeals Second District Judge Robert Altice Jr. was appointed in 2015, and Geoffrey Slaughter joined the Indiana Supreme Court in 2016.
Even though both Altice Jr. and Slaughter were appointed in the last five years, their seats are up to a vote in what’s called a ‘retention ballot’. Indiana judges have to stand for retention at the first statewide general election after serving for two full years. If they’re kept in office, then it will be another 10 years before Indiana residents vote to keep them on the bench or not.
