Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 7. (a) An otherwise qualified person is eligible to serve as a precinct election officer unless any of the following apply: (1) The person is unable to read, write, and speak the English language. (2) The person has any property bet or wagered on the result of the election. …

Sec. 8. The county chairman of the major political party whose candidate for the office of secretary of state received the highest vote in the county at the last election may nominate a voter for the office of inspector. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-5-11 part.] As added…

Sec. 9. The county chairmen of the major political parties of a county may nominate individuals who meet the requirements of section 7 or 39 of this chapter for the following precinct election offices who will serve in the precinct on election day: (1) Judge. (2) Poll clerk. (3) …

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to a candidate for nomination to an elected office who: (1) is an independent candidate; or (2) represents a political party not qualified to nominate candidates in a primary or by convention. (b) This chapter does not apply to a candidate for a s…

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in section 11 of this chapter, a petition of nomination must be submitted to the county voter registration office of each county in which the election district is located. (b) The petition must be filed during the period beginning on the first date…

Sec. 11. (a) Whenever a town is wholly or partly located in a county having a consolidated city, a petition of nomination must be filed with the circuit court clerk of the county having the consolidated city. (b) Whenever a town not described in subsection (a) has entered into an…

Sec. 12. (a) A petition of nomination for an office filed under section 10 of this chapter must be filed with and, except as provided in subsection (d), certified by the person with whom a declaration of candidacy must be filed under IC 3-8-2. (b) The certified petition of nomina…

Sec. 12.5. (a) A candidate's nomination by petition under this chapter is not effective unless the candidate timely files each document required under sections 10 and 12 of this chapter. (b) The county election board may not include on a ballot the name of a candidate whose nomin…

Sec. 13. In a special election called by the governor, a petition of nomination shall be filed with the circuit court clerk or other public official with whom a petition is required to be filed, at any time after the election is called but no later than noon seventy-four (74) day…

Sec. 13.5. A candidate may withdraw a petition of nomination by noon: (1) July 15 before a general or municipal election; or (2) seventy-one (71) days before a special election. As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.122. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.52; P.L.3-1993, SEC.73; P.L.260-2001, SEC…

Sec. 14. (a) A person may not be selected as a candidate by petition of nomination without giving written consent and having it filed with the public official with whom certificates and petitions of nomination are required to be filed. (b) Each candidate nominated by petition of …

Sec. 16. (a) This section applies if a person: (1) files a petition of nomination under this chapter; (2) moves from the election district that the person sought to represent following the filing of the petition of nomination; (3) does not file a notice of withdrawal of candidacy…

Sec. 17. (a) If: (1) a petition of nomination contains the name of at least one (1) candidate who seeks to be placed on the ballot as the candidate of a political party described by section 1 of this chapter; and (2) a candidate listed on the petition ceases to be a candidate aft…

Sec. 2. A candidate may be nominated for an elected office by petition of voters who are: (1) registered to vote at the residence address set forth on the petition on the date the county voter registration office certifies the petition under section 8 of this chapter; and (2) qua…

Sec. 3. (a) A petition of nomination must be signed by the number of voters equal to two percent (2%) of the total vote cast at the last election for secretary of state in the election district that the candidate seeks to represent. (b) In determining the number of signatures req…

Sec. 4. (a) Each candidate nominated by petition under section 2 of this chapter must be seeking an office that serves the entire state or a congressional or legislative district, or the same political subdivision. (b) For purposes of subsection (a), candidates seeking a fiscal o…

Sec. 5. (a) A petition of nomination must state all of the following: (1) The name of each candidate as: (A) the candidate wants the candidate's name to appear on the ballot; and (B) the candidate's name is permitted to appear on the ballot under IC 3-5-7. The petition must speci…

Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to a petition of nomination which states that a candidate is affiliated with a political party. (b) If a candidate claims affiliation with a political party: (1) described by IC 3-8-4-1; (2) of a candidate who has previously filed a petition of …

Sec. 6. (a) The signatures to a petition of nomination need not be appended to one (1) paper, but a petitioner may not be counted unless the petitioner is registered and qualified to vote in conformity with section 8 of this chapter. Each petition must contain the following: (1) …

Sec. 7. Each petitioner on a petition of nomination must, in conformity with section 6 of this chapter: (1) sign the petitioner's name; (2) have the petitioner's mark attested; or (3) authorize an individual to sign on behalf of the petitioner with a disability. [Pre-1986 Recodif…

Sec. 8. For a petition of nomination to be considered valid by the officer required to receive the petition, the county voter registration office in the county where the petitioner is registered must certify that each petitioner is a voter at the residence address listed in the p…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to municipal and school district elections in the following municipalities: (1) All cities. (2) Towns having a population of three thousand five hundred (3,500) or more. (3) Towns located entirely or partially within a county having a consolidated…

Sec. 11. If a precinct is wholly or partly in a municipality, the executive of the county that contains the greatest percentage of the population of the municipality may designate the polls for the precinct to be at the polls for an adjoining precinct, using the precinct election…

Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to a political party: (1) not qualified to conduct a primary election under IC 3-10; and (2) not required to nominate candidates by a petition of nomination under IC 3-8-6. (b) The political party may conduct a convention to nominate candidates f…

Sec. 12.5. (a) This section applies to a candidate: (1) of a political party that is not a major political party; and (2) nominated by a convention under section 12 of this chapter. (b) A county election board may not include the name of a candidate on the municipal election ball…

Sec. 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a municipal primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May 2023, 2027, 2031, 2035, 2039, 2043, and every four (4) years thereafter. (b) Each political party whose nominee received at leas…

Sec. 2.5. (a) This section does not apply to a town located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city unless the town has a population of more than one thousand (1,000) and less than one thousand four hundred (1,400). (b) This section applies to a town that h…

Sec. 2.6. (a) This section does not apply to a town located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city. (b) This section applies to a town that has adopted an ordinance: (1) under IC 18-3-1-16(b) (before its repeal on September 1, 1981); or (2) in 1982 under P…

Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, in a town that adopted an ordinance under IC 18-3-1-16(b) (before its repeal on September 1, 1981), P.L.13-1982, SECTION 3 (before its expiration on January 1, 1988), or section 2.5 of this chapter each political party shall,…

Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all candidates for nomination to an office of the municipality by a major political party must be placed on a primary election ballot for the candidate's party. (b) If no candidate has filed for the nomination of a party t…

Sec. 4.5. (a) Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, this section applies to a town with a legislative body that adopts an ordinance under IC 36-5-2-4.5. (b) Unless a primary election is not required under section 4 of this chapter, a primary election shall be held in a town …

Sec. 5. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2023, 2027, 2031, 2035, 2039, 2043, and every four (4) years thereafter. At the election, public officials shall be elected to each mun…

Sec. 6. (a) Notwithstanding section 5 of this chapter, a town that adopted an ordinance under IC 18-3-1-16(b) (before its repeal on September 1, 1981), P.L.13-1982, SECTION 3 (before its expiration on January 1, 1988), or section 2.5 of this chapter shall: (1) at the general elec…

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to a municipal office elected during a municipal or general election. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d), if there is an election for any office of the municipality, all nominees for each office must be on the ballot. (c) If: (1) th…

Sec. 7.6. An election may not be held for a municipal office if: (1) an election is not required under section 7.5 of this chapter; and (2) the approval or rejection of a public question is the only other vote that may be cast on the ballot at the municipal election. As added by …

Sec. 8. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the county election board, county executive, circuit court clerk, voters, and members of political parties in each county in which a municipal primary election or municipal election will be held have the rights and shall perfo…

Sec. 1. The legislative body of a county may establish a cumulative fund under IC 6-1.1-41 to provide funds for the purchase of ballot card voting systems, electronic voting systems, or electronic poll books. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-6-1.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SE…

Sec. 13. The tax collected under section 9 of this chapter shall be held in a cumulative fund to be known as the voting system purchase fund. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-6-3 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.233; P.L.17-1995, SEC.3.

Sec. 9. To provide for a cumulative fund, a county may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 on all taxable property within the county. The tax may not exceed one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation. [Pre-1986 Re…

Sec. 1. (a) Any candidate for nomination or election to a local or school board office is entitled to have the votes cast for that office recounted under this chapter. (b) If a candidate who is entitled to have the votes recounted under this chapter does not file a petition withi…

Sec. 1.2. This chapter is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what will be counted as a vote on a paper ballot, an optical scan voting system, or an electronic voting system in a recount conducted under this cha…

Sec. 1.5. A candidate for election to precinct committeeman or state convention delegate is entitled to have the votes cast for that office recounted under this chapter. The political party of the candidate, in accordance with any applicable party rules, determines the winner of …

Sec. 10. (a) Each petitioner shall furnish a cash deposit or file a bond with corporate surety to the approval of the court for the payment of all costs of the recount. The minimum amount of the cash deposit or bond is one hundred dollars ($100). The maximum amount of the cash de…

Sec. 10.5. When a cash deposit is furnished under section 10 of this chapter, the circuit court clerk shall deposit the cash in the county general fund. As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.358.

Sec. 11. If a cross-petition is filed, each petitioner and cross-petitioner shall either furnish a cash deposit or file a bond with corporate surety to the approval of the court for the payment of each party's proportionate share of the cost of the recount. If a cross-petition is…

Sec. 12. (a) This section does not apply to a petitioner or a cross-petitioner who is determined to have been nominated or elected after the recount. (b) If a cash deposit was not made as required by section 10 or 11 of this chapter, the petitioners shall pay to the circuit court…