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Thomas Ouellette
According to an Indiana State Police affidavit, Republican Larry Savage took home two sample ballots after attending the public test of Madison County's voting machines in early October. State law says those ballots must all be accounted for and sealed. In an interview before being charged, Savage said he had no idea that he couldn't take the sample ballots home.

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Larry Savage
If I did something wrong, I apologize. I certainly didn't go in there with the intent to do anything wrong. And intent, to me, is what you need to look at.

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Thomas Ouellette
Rodney Cummings is the Madison County prosecutor. He says Savage was informed multiple times during the test that those ballots needed to be counted, and he points to a state police investigation that found social media posts Savage made about the ballots.

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Rodney Cummings
You know, had he just taken the ballot? And that was all he did. We're probably not taking this nearly as seriously when he immediately goes online and tries to wreak havoc in our community and cause people to doubt the integrity of our election process. That is a serious public problem.

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Thomas Ouellette
An arrest warrant was issued Monday, and Savage turned himself into Madison County Police on Tuesday. Savage has run in several recent elections, most recently losing in this year's Republican primary for the U.S. House. Fifth district representative in Anderson, Thomas, Ouellette IPR news.