EXECUTIVE ORDER: 08-01

FOR: SPECIAL ELECTION

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS;

WHEREAS, The Honorable Julia Carson of the County of Marion, State of Indiana, was duly elected in the general election of November 7, 2006, to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, to represent the people of the Seventh Congressional District, Indiana; and

WHEREAS, a vacancy exists in the office of United States Representative, Seventh Congressional District, Indiana, by reason of the death of The Honorable Julia Carson; and

WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives is in session and the people of the Seventh Congressional District of Indiana are and will be without equal representation in the United States House of Representatives;

IT IS HEREBY DECREED, under the provisions of the United States Constitution and under the provisions of the Indiana Code, Title 3, Article 10, Chapter 8, that a need for a special election exists in the Seventh Congressional District, Indiana;

AND THAT I, MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR., GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, do hereby call a special election to be held in the Seventh Congressional District, Indiana, as constituted on November 7, 2006, to fill the vacancy created by the death of The Honorable Julia Carson, as a member of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress. Nominations shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Indiana Code 3-10-8-5, 3-13-1-4, 3-8-7-15 and 3-8-6-13 at least 50 days before the date of such election. Said special election shall be held on the 11th day of March, 2008. The candidate elected by the voters of said district in said special election shall serve for the remainder of the term of the office vacated by The Honorable Julia Carson.

I DO HEREBY ORDER the Clerk of the Marion County Circuit Court, by this Writ of Election, to hold such special election for the vacated office of the Seventh Congressional District, Indiana, as constituted on November 7, 2006, on the 11th day of March, 2008, in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana.

SEAL

ATTEST: Todd Rokita

Secretary of State