SPENCER, IN—The Owen County Democratic Party has announced plans to conduct a Democratic Town Convention in conjunction with this year’s Gosport municipal election.  Each political party must conduct a town convention when more candidates than available positions for any one office have filed for the election.  Currently, there are five candidates who have filed as Democrats for the three at-large Gosport Town Board positions, current Town Board members Wes Correll and Rebecca (Becky) Welch, along with new candidates Machele Arnold, Kindra Holsapple, and Christopher (Chris) Wesley.

Any Democratic voter in the Town of Gosport can participate in this convention.  The convention will be held on Friday, August 19^th, at 7:00pm, located at the Gosport Community Building just north of the Gosport Elementary School.

Folks wishing to vote in the convention must check in prior to the 7:00pm start date and, in accordance with IC 3-8-5-11 concerning participation in the convention, each Democratic voter must affirm in writing, under penalties for perjury, that they are affiliated with the Democratic Party, that they had taken a Democratic ballot in the last primary election they had voted in, are a resident of the Town of Gosport, and that they are a registered voter in the Town of Gosport.

Once the convention is called to order, rules for the convention will be adopted and the candidates for which a vote will be taken will be given a limited opportunity to speak.  Following that, a vote by secret ballot will be taken to select the three Democratic nominees for the Gosport Town Board that will appear on the November ballot.

The convention will be chaired by Kextel Dunning.  If anyone has questions about the convention or the process, they may contact Dunning at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or 812-879-4366.