(Rock Rapids)– Lyon County Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep’s name will appear on the general election ballot — as a Libertarian.
Iowa State Patrol Trooper Brian Hilt won the Republican primary for Lyon County Sheriff in June. But since one person wrote his challenger — Vander Stoep’s — name on a Libertarian ballot, Vander Stoep became the Libertarian candidate, verified by a 2-to-1 vote by an objections panel, made up of two members of the Lyon County Board of Supervisors and the Lyon County Recorder. After that decision, Hilt filed a lawsuit seeking judicial review to reverse their decision, calling it “arbitrary,” “illogical,” and “based on an erroneous interpretation.”
Iowa Third District Judge Charles K Borth disagrees. After a hearing before the judge on Monday, Borth rendered his decision on Tuesday. In the decision, Judge Borth writes, “…the Objections Panel properly interpreted and applied Iowa election laws.”
(Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KIWA in Sheldon)
