Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 3. (a) Each of the major political parties of the state shall have a committee in a town subject to this chapter known as the __________ town committee of the town of ____________ (designating the name of the party and the town). (b) A political party's town committee consis…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 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 caucus committ…

Sec. 10. (a) The treasurer of each committee shall file a report each year that is complete as of December 31 of the previous year and covers the period since the last report. This annual report is due by noon: (1) the third Wednesday in January, in the case of: (A) a candidate's…

Sec. 11. No later than noon thirty (30) days after the date a committee disbands, the last person to be treasurer of the committee shall file a final report that is complete as of the last day the committee existed and covers the period since the last report. [Pre-1986 Recodifica…

Sec. 12. (a) Not later than noon thirty (30) days after the date a treasurer of a continuing committee leaves office, the outgoing treasurer shall file a final report that is complete as of the last day the person was treasurer and covers the period since the last report. (b) Not…

Sec. 13. (a) A person may file duplicates of the reports required to be filed under the federal Election Campaign Act (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) to comply with this chapter. (b) The duplicate must cover all activity of the committee, and the committee shall file a supplementary re…

Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "threshold contribution amount" refers to the following: (1) For contributions made to a candidate's committee, a legislative caucus committee, or a political action committee, one hundred dollars ($100). (2) For contributions made to a regul…

Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to an organization or a committee, other than the candidate's committee, that receives a contribution or makes an expenditure on behalf of a candidate. (b) For purposes of this section, an expenditure is considered to be on behalf of a candidate …

Sec. 16. (a) This subsection applies to a candidate's committee of a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot at any time during a year and who is not a write-in candidate during that year. The reports required to be filed by this chapter are cumulative during the year.…

Sec. 18. (a) Each candidate shall file a statement that the candidate has turned over all contributions received by the candidate to the treasurer of the candidate's principal committee and that to the best of the candidate's knowledge and belief the reports of the candidate's co…

Sec. 2. The following persons, whenever required to file a report, notice, or other instrument by this article, shall file it with the election division: (1) Candidates for state office and their candidate's committees. (2) The following central committees: (A) State committees. …

Sec. 20.1. (a) This section: (1) applies only to a large contribution that is received and accepted by a candidate, the candidate's committee, or the treasurer of the candidate's committee; and (2) does not apply to a candidate for a state office, the candidate's committee, or th…

Sec. 22. (a) This section applies only to a large contribution that is received and accepted by a candidate for a state office, the candidate's committee, or the treasurer of the candidate's committee. (b) As used in this section, "election" refers to any of the following: (1) Fo…

Sec. 3. (a) A candidate for legislative office and the candidate's committee shall file each report, notice, or other instrument required by this article with the election division. (b) The circuit court clerk shall, at the request of any person, furnish the person a copy of a re…

Sec. 4. The following persons, whenever required to file a report, notice, or other instrument by this article, shall file it with the county election board of each county comprising part of the affected election district: (1) Candidates for local office and their candidate's com…

Sec. 5. The treasurer of each committee shall file reports of receipts and expenditures on forms prescribed or approved by the election division. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-6-2.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.114; P.L.169-2015, SEC.75.

Sec. 6. (a) This subsection applies to a candidate's committee other than a candidate's committee of a candidate for a state office. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each committee, the committee's treasurer, and each candidate shall complete a report required by thi…

Sec. 7. (a) A person may deliver reports to the appropriate office as follows: (1) By hand. (2) By mail. (3) By electronic mail, if the appropriate office has the capacity to do all of the following: (A) Receive electronic mail. (B) Electronically record the date and time that el…

Sec. 8. (a) This section: (1) applies to a candidate for nomination to an office in a convention who becomes a candidate less than twenty-five (25) days before the nomination date for a candidate chosen at a convention; and (2) does not apply to a candidate for nomination to a st…

Sec. 8.2. (a) This section applies to a candidate who is nominated by petition under IC 3-8-6. (b) A candidate is not required to prepare or file a report before the nomination date. (c) The period for the first report required for a candidate begins on the date that the individu…

Sec. 8.4. (a) This section applies to a candidate who files a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate under IC 3-8-2. (b) A candidate is not required to prepare or file a report before the nomination date. (c) The period for the first report required for a candidate begi…

Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies to a candidate who is selected to fill a vacancy on the ballot under IC 3-13-1 or IC 3-13-2. (b) A candidate is not required to prepare or file a report before the nomination date. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the period for the fir…

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), in a year in which a candidate is not a candidate for election to an office to which this article applies or does not seek nomination at a caucus or state convention for election to an office to which this article applies…

Sec. 1. Whenever the Congress of the United States proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States and proposes that it be ratified by conventions in the several states, the governor shall fix, by proclamation, the date of an election to elect the delegates to the …

Sec. 10. A petition required by section 7 of this chapter may not include a candidate's political party or political designation. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 11. A petition required by section 7 of this chapter may not contain the name of a candidate whose position as stated is inconsistent with that of another candidate on the same petition. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 12. A person may not sign both a petition for a candidate in favor of ratification and a petition for a candidate opposed to ratification. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 13. All petitions and acceptances must be filed with the circuit court clerk no later than noon thirty (30) days before the date of the election. The clerk shall preserve the petitions and make them available for public inspection. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5…

Sec. 14. The candidates whose nominating petitions have been signed by the highest number of voters are nominated. Ties shall be resolved by lot drawn by the commission. If a written objection is not filed with the circuit court clerk no later than noon ten (10) days after the fi…

Sec. 15. If an objection to a decision of the circuit court clerk is made, the clerk shall immediately certify the objection and the petition to the election division. The commission shall consider the objection, and the decision of the commission is final. [Pre-1986 Recodificati…

Sec. 16. Not later than noon fifteen (15) days after the petitions have been filed with the circuit court clerk, the clerk shall certify the names of the successful nominees to the election division. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6…

Sec. 17. The election required by section 1 of this chapter shall be conducted by ballot. The ballot must state first the substance of the proposed constitutional amendment, followed by appropriate instructions to the voters. The ballot then must be in the form prescribed by the …

Sec. 18. The ballot prescribed by section 17 of this chapter shall be arranged so that a voter may, by making a single voting mark, vote for an entire group of nominees whose names are in one column. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-6 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6…

Sec. 2. The electorate of the whole state may vote at the election required by section 1 of this chapter. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-2.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 20. Each county election board shall prepare the ballots in series equal to the total number of delegates to be elected. The names of the candidates shall be arranged in alphabetical order in the first series of ballots printed. On the next series printed the first name shal…

Sec. 21. A voter shall indicate a choice by making one (1) or more voting marks in the appropriate spaces provided on the ballot. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-6 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.11.

Sec. 22. The nominees who receive the highest number of votes, up to the total number to be chosen, are the delegates to the convention prescribed by section 1 of this chapter. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-7 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 23. Not later than noon ten (10) days after the election, each circuit court clerk shall: (1) certify the election of each delegate to the election division; and (2) deliver a certificate of election to each successful delegate. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 pa…

Sec. 24. If there is a vacancy in the convention prescribed by section 1 of this chapter, the vacancy shall be filled by majority vote of the delegates from the county in which the vacancy exists. If the convention does not have another delegate from that county, the governor sha…

Sec. 25. The delegates certified under section 23 of this chapter shall meet in convention in the chamber of the Indiana house of representatives on the third Monday following the election at 2 p.m. to pass upon the question of whether or not to ratify the proposed constitutional…

Sec. 26. The lieutenant governor shall call the convention to order. A justice of the supreme court shall administer the oath of office. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-9 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 27. The convention: (1) is the judge of the election and qualifications of its members; (2) may elect its president, secretary, and other officers; and (3) may adopt its own rules. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-9 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.…

Sec. 28. (a) The convention shall keep a journal of its proceedings and debates in which the vote of each delegate on the question of ratification of the proposed constitutional amendment shall be recorded. (b) Upon final adjournment the journal shall be filed with the election d…

Sec. 29. (a) If the convention agrees to the ratification of the proposed constitutional amendment by majority vote of the delegates elected to the convention, the president and secretary of the convention shall execute a certificate to that effect and transmit the certificate to…

Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the election required by section 1 of this chapter shall be conducted and the results ascertained, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as an election of governor. All of the other provisions of this title apply to the …

Sec. 30. If at or about the time of submitting a constitutional amendment, Congress, either in the resolution submitting the amendment or by statute, prescribes the manner in which the conventions are to be constituted and does not except from the resolution or statute states tha…