The Harrison County Republican Central Committee will caucus on Saturday, May 17, at 10:00 a.m. at the Harrison County Government Center in Corydon for the purposes of filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Harrison County Auditor Chad Shireman. Chad will be moving out of the county and has tendered his resignation effective June 2.
Only precinct committee members may vote in this caucus. Precinct vice committee members may vote as proxies for their absent precinct committee member.
Voting will be by private ballot and will continue until one candidate has reached a majority of the precinct committee members and proxies that are present.
Indiana law empowers the county chairman to break a tie if one exists, but the county chairman will not be exercising this authority. Voting will continue until the tie is broken by the committee members and their proxies.
Once the caucus has selected who will fill the vacancy, the county chairman will certify the result to the Circuit Court Clerk. Harrison County Superior Court Judge Joe Claypool will be on hand to swear in whoever is chosen to fill the vacancy, though the winner of the caucus will not formally take office until after Chad Shireman's resignation takes effect on June 2.
The swift caucus timeline outlined here will allow the new auditor designate the opportunity to spend time in the Auditor's office for several weeks before officially taking office on June 3.
Individuals interested in seeking the vacancy must file a written declaration of candidacy (CEB-5 form) with Harrison County Republican Party Chairman Scott Fluhr no later than 72 hours before the caucus, in this case by Wednesday, May 14 at 10:00 a.m.
Individuals interested in seeking the Auditor position can express interest or send questions via email to auditor.vacancy@harrisongop.com. The necessary form is available from the Circuit Court Clerk's office, online via the Secretary of State's website, or via the aforementioned email address.
Candidates must be able to complete a written questionnaire and present themselves for interviews by an interview committee on the evenings of either Thursday, May 15, or Friday, May 16.
The interview committee will not make any selections or recommendations, but will report to the caucus on their interviews.
We want to thank Chad for his over eight and a half years of hard work as County Auditor and for his years of service in the Auditor's office before holding the position itself.
