Overview
- The Indiana Recount Commission voted 2-1 Tuesday to deny challenger Paula Copenhaver’s bid to subpoena 11 voters who posted about casting Republican primary ballots.
- A state audit left incumbent Spencer Deery ahead by three votes, 6,337 to 6,334, and the audit result remains the official margin under review.
- The commission will meet on August 18 to examine roughly 300 disputed ballots that both campaigns say could affect the final outcome of the May primary.
- Copenhaver, who has a public endorsement from President Trump, says Democrats and other nontraditional Republican voters crossed over and has pressed multiple challenges to the tally.
- Secretary of State Diego Morales joined the majority in opposing voter subpoenas, saying challenges belong at the polls and urging lawmakers to consider closed‑primary rules to prevent similar disputes.