Republican governor Mike Pence still has not filed the necessary paperwork to withdraw himself from the governor’s race that would allow him to run for vice-president, two sources inside the Indiana secretary of state’s
As of 5 p.m. Thursday evening—close of business—the documents had still not been filed, according to the Indiana Election Division and a spokesman for Indiana secretary of state Connie Lawson. Business hours resume at 8 a.m. Friday.
Pence’s team has until noon to file the papers. A state reporter for the Evansville Courier & Press, Zach Osowski, reported that a surrogate can drop off the documents in Pence’s place.
According to local Indianapolis reporter Jim Shella, Pence was on a plane at 4:10 p.m. Thursday bound for New Jersey. Donald Trump is expected to formally announce his running mate Friday morning in Manhattan.
