COLUMBUS, Ind. — Local winners from the 2020 general election will take their oaths much earlier than usual and without the spectators who usually surround the event.
Instead of New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, many new and continuing county officeholders are being asked to come to the Bartholomew County Courthouse on Friday, Dec. 18, to take their oath of office from Bartholomew Superior Court 1 Judge James Worton.
The election winners will be required to do the same protocols that everyone must do to gain access to the courthouse — make an appointment, said Bartholomew County Clerk Jay Phelps.
Once they arrive, each office holder will be given about 15 minutes to be administered the oath of office in the presence of family members only, Phelps said.
And by administering oaths on a workday, instead of a holiday, it is hoped that fewer people will be inside the courthouse at the same time, said Bartholomew County Republican Chairwoman Barb Hackman.
For more on this story, see Tuesday’s Republic.
