(The Center Square) – Greg Ballard, Lincoln Party candidate for Indiana secretary of state, wants the Indiana Election Commission to meet and issue a ruling on campaign contribution disputes before the election.

Ballard filed a lawsuit to force a ruling on four complaints that have filed in the race featuring four candidates and millions of dollars.

“I am asking the Indiana Election Commission to meet, which it has not done since July,” Ballard said. “It is ignoring four complaints filed in the secretary of state’s race.”

The race is highly watched. Millions of dollars have been invested in the race collectively between the four candidates.

Knox County Clerk David Shelton filed a complaint against Republican candidate Max Engling’s campaign in July for receiving some $60,000 in contributions from a corporation, above the legal limit for a corporation campaign contribution.

The Engling campaign said that it returned the funds.

Ballard’s lawsuit claims that proof of the refund has not been disclosed, and there are three other complaints that have gone unaddressed by the commission.

Ballard is the former mayor of Indianapolis, having served as a Republican mayor between 2008 and 2016. He is now running for secretary of state on the ticket of the Lincoln Party.

Started in Indiana and named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, who spent some of his childhood in the state, the Lincoln Party has not released official policy positions. However, Ballard, their first candidate in a major race, has a focus on financial integrity and ballot and election transparency for voters.

Ballard received the signatures equal to 2% of the vote required by law to establish his party on the ballot. If he scores at least 2% of the vote in the Nov. 3 election, the Lincoln Party will have a guaranteed spot on the Indiana ballot for four years.

Ballard is opposed by Engling on the Republican ticket, Democrat Beau Bayh and Libertarian Lauri Shillings.

Ballard has spoken out against the two-party system and advocated for the secretary of state to be a nonpartisan role.

“The current makeup of the commission is two Republicans and two Democrats. This is a system designed to fail,” Ballard said. “The two parties are protecting themselves, rather than protecting the integrity of voting and elections in Indiana.”

When asked by The Center Square, the office of the secretary of state declined to comment on the situation and the Indiana Election Commission refused to comment on ongoing litigation.