Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following: (1) Each political party in the state whose nominee received at least ten percent (10%) of the total vote cast for secretary of state at the last election. (2) Write-in candidates. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-1 part.] As…

Sec. 10. (a) A petition required by section 8 of this chapter must be submitted to the county voter registration office during the period beginning on the first date that a declaration of candidacy may be filed under section 4 of this chapter in the year in which the primary elec…

Sec. 11. (a) A declaration of candidacy may be made by mail and is considered filed as of the date and hour the filing occurs in the manner described by IC 3-5-2.1-47 in the office of the election division or circuit court clerk. (b) This subsection applies to a candidate require…

Sec. 12.5. (a) This section applies to a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate in which the candidate states that the candidate is affiliated with the political party. (b) If a candidate claims affiliation with a political party: (1) described by IC 3-8-4-1; (2) of a c…

Sec. 13. Immediately after the deadline for filing, the election division and each circuit court clerk shall certify and release to the public a list of the candidates of each political party for each office. The election division and circuit court clerk shall also release to the…

Sec. 14. (a) All questions concerning the validity of a declaration filed with the secretary of state shall be referred to and determined by the commission in accordance with section 18 of this chapter. A statement questioning the validity of a declaration must be filed with the …

Sec. 15. (a) A person who files a declaration of candidacy for an elected office for which a per diem or salary is provided for by law is disqualified from filing a declaration of candidacy for another office for which a per diem or salary is provided for by law until the origina…

Sec. 16. A person who files a declaration of candidacy for an elected office may not file a declaration of candidacy for that office in the same primary election for a different political party until the original declaration is withdrawn. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-…

Sec. 17. (a) At least seventy-four (74) days before a primary election in a county, the election division shall transmit to each county election board a certified list containing the name and address of each person for whom a declaration of candidacy has been filed with the elect…

Sec. 18. (a) The commission shall act upon a question concerning a declaration of candidacy not later than noon sixty-eight (68) days before the date of the primary election. (b) The notice requirements set forth in IC 4-21.5 do not apply to the meeting conducted by the commissio…

Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), upon receipt of the certified list under section 17 of this chapter, a county election board shall immediately compile under the proper political party designation the following: (1) The title of each office. (2) The name of each…

Sec. 2. A person who desires to be nominated at a primary election as a candidate of a political party subject to this chapter for a federal, state, legislative, or local office shall file a declaration of candidacy. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-9-1 part; 3-1-9-5(a) pa…

Sec. 2.5. (a) A person who desires to be a write-in candidate for a federal, state, legislative, or local office in a general, municipal, or school board election must file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate with the officer with whom declaration of candidacy must…

Sec. 2.7. (a) A candidate may withdraw a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate not later than noon July 15 before a general or municipal election. (b) This subsection applies to a candidate who filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate with the election …

Sec. 20. (a) A person who files a declaration of candidacy under this chapter may, at any time not later than noon eighty-one (81) days before the date set for holding the primary election, file a statement with the same office where the person filed the declaration of candidacy,…

Sec. 21. Upon receipt of notice under section 20 of this chapter, the election division or county election board shall indicate in the records of the division or board that the declaration of candidacy has been withdrawn and may not certify the name of the person as a candidate t…

Sec. 23. (a) This section applies if a person: (1) files a declaration of candidacy under this chapter; (2) moves from the election district that the person sought to represent following the filing of the declaration of candidacy; (3) does not file a notice of withdrawal of candi…

Sec. 24. If a person receives a completed petition for nomination of a candidate required under this article that the person has reason to believe is materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent, the person shall deliver the petition to the appropriate county election board not la…

Sec. 3. A person who desires to be elected either or both of the following at a primary election shall file a declaration of candidacy: (1) Precinct committeeman. (2) Delegate to a state convention. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-9-1 part; 3-1-9-4.5(b); 3-1-9-5(a) part.]…

Sec. 4. (a) A declaration of candidacy for a primary election must be filed not later than noon eighty-eight (88) days and not earlier than one hundred eighteen (118) days before the primary election. The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to a…

Sec. 5. A declaration of candidacy for: (1) a federal office; (2) a state office; (3) a legislative office; or (4) the local office of: (A) judge of a circuit, superior, probate, or small claims court; or (B) prosecuting attorney of a judicial circuit; shall be filed with the sec…

Sec. 6. (a) A declaration of candidacy for: (1) any local office not described in section 5 of this chapter; (2) precinct committeeman; or (3) delegate to a state convention; shall be filed in the office of the county election board located in the county seat. (b) Whenever the el…

Sec. 7. (a) The declaration of each candidate required by this chapter must be signed before a person authorized to administer oaths and contain the following information: (1) The candidate's name, printed or typewritten as: (A) the candidate wants the candidate's name to appear …

Sec. 8. (a) A declaration of candidacy for the office of United States Senator or for the office of governor must be accompanied by a petition signed by at least four thousand five hundred (4,500) voters of the state, including at least five hundred (500) voters from each congres…

Sec. 9. (a) A petition required by section 8 of this chapter must request that the name of the candidate be placed on the ballot at the primary election. (b) The county voter registration office in the county where a petitioner is registered must certify whether each petitioner i…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), this chapter applies to candidates in all elections and caucuses and to the following types of committees: (1) Candidate's committees. (2) Regular party committees. (3) Political action committees. (4) A legislative caucu…

Sec. 10. An individual, an organization, or a committee shall include in all literature and advertisements soliciting contributions: (1) the notice required under IC 3-9-3-2.5; and (2) any notice required under Section 6113 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 6113). [Pre-1986…

Sec. 11. A foreign national (as defined in 52 U.S.C. 30121(b)) may not make a contribution in connection with: (1) an election; (2) a convention; (3) a caucus in which a candidate is selected; or (4) a public question; under this title. As added by P.L.3-1995, SEC.68. Amended by …

Sec. 11.5. (a) A political action committee may not: (1) knowingly or willfully; and (2) directly or indirectly; accept a contribution or expenditure from a prohibited source. (b) A foreign national may not direct, dictate, or control the decision-making process of a person with …

Sec. 12. (a) This section does not apply to: (1) a member of the general assembly; or (2) a candidate's committee of a member of the general assembly; with respect to an office other than a legislative office or a state office to which the member seeks election. (b) As used in th…

Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a candidate may make a voluntary payment of money to a treasurer of a committee for a purpose permitted by this article. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-3-1.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5.

Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding IC 23-0.5-8-2 or any other statute, a corporation or labor organization may make a contribution to aid in the: (1) election or defeat of a candidate; or (2) the success or defeat of: (A) a political party; or (B) a public question submitted to a vote i…

Sec. 4. During a year a corporation or labor organization may not make total contributions in excess of: (1) an aggregate of five thousand dollars ($5,000) apportioned in any manner among all candidates for state offices (including a judge of the court of appeals whose retention …

Sec. 5. (a) A contribution: (1) authorized under subsection (c) or section 4 of this chapter; (2) to a committee by a corporation or labor organization; and (3) designated by that corporation or labor organization for disbursement to a specific candidate, central committee, or ot…

Sec. 6. Sections 4 and 5 of this chapter do not apply to the following: (1) Nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns: (A) by a corporation aimed at its stockholders and employees; or (B) by a trade association or labor organization aimed at its members. (2) A contr…

Sec. 7. This article does not limit or affect the right of a person to expend money for proper legal expenses in maintaining or contesting the result of an election. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-3-4.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5.

Sec. 8. A central committee may accept contributions from the national committee or the national congressional committee of a political party to be expended for purposes authorized by this article. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-3-5.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5.

Sec. 9. (a) Each person who accepts a contribution for a committee shall, on demand of the treasurer of the committee, and in any case within thirty (30) days after receipt of the contribution, transfer to the treasurer the actual contribution if it is money or a detailed account…

Sec. 1. A general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. All offices whose terms will expire before the next general election shall be filled at the election, unless otherwise provided by law. [Pre-1986 Recodific…

Sec. 10. Representatives in the general assembly shall be elected in each district at each general election in accordance with Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: Ind. Const. Art. 4, § 3.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SE…

Sec. 11. (a) A judge of the circuit court shall be elected at: (1) the first general election following an appointment by the governor to fill a vacancy in the office of judge of the circuit court; or (2) the general election before the term of the judge expires under Article 7, …

Sec. 12. A prosecuting attorney shall be elected in each judicial circuit in 2026, 2030, 2034, 2038, 2042, and every four (4) years thereafter in accordance with Article 7, Section 16 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: Ind. Const. Art.…

Sec. 13. The following public officials shall be elected at the general election before their terms of office expire and every four (4) years thereafter: (1) Clerk of the circuit court. (2) County auditor. (3) County recorder. (4) County treasurer. (5) County sheriff. (6) County …

Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to a political party whose nominee received at least two percent (2%) but less than ten percent (10%) of the votes cast for secretary of state at the last election for that office. (b) This section applies only to a local office that is: (1) not …

Sec. 16. Notwithstanding any other statute or a school corporation's organization plan, an elected member of the governing body shall be elected at the general election held immediately before the term of office for that position on the governing body expires. As added by P.L.219…

Sec. 2. (a) Each county election board shall give notice of a general election and publish a statement in accordance with IC 5-3-1 stating the following information: (1) The offices to be filled. (2) The text of the judicial retention and other public questions to be submitted to…