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3-8-7-20. Person Nominated by Two or More Nominating Procedures

Sec. 20. (a) If a person has been nominated as a candidate for the same office by: (1) both convention and petition; (2) both primary election and petition; (3) both primary election and convention; (4) more than one (1) petition; or (5) more than one (1) convention; the person’s name may be placed on the […]

3-8-7-22. Failure to Make Election

Sec. 22. (a) This section applies if a person nominated by two (2) or more political parties or as an independent candidate and as the nominee of at least one (1) political party does not make and file an election as required by section 21 of this chapter. (b) The election division or circuit court […]

3-8-7-23. Place of Name on Ballot Following Election

Sec. 23. After the election required by section 21 or 22 of this chapter is made, the election division or the appropriate election board shall place the name of the person on the list of nominees under only the designation as an independent candidate or the political party name and device indicated by the person […]

3-8-7-24. Preservation of Certificates and Petitions of Nomination

Sec. 24. The election division and each circuit court clerk shall preserve all certificates and petitions of nomination filed under this article for the period required under IC 3-10-1-31.1. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-7.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.135; P.L.3-1993, SEC.79; P.L.3-1997, SEC.164; P.L.38-1999, SEC.30; P.L.14-2004, SEC.68; P.L.193-2021, SEC.19.

3-8-7-25. Nominees Entitled to Have Names on Ballot

Sec. 25. Each county election board shall have printed on the respective general, special, or municipal election ballots the names of the following candidates: (1) Nominees chosen at a primary election under IC 3-10 and certified as required by this chapter. (2) Nominees chosen by a convention of a political party in the state whose […]

3-8-7-25.5. Statement Designating Former and Current Legal Name of Candidate

Sec. 25.5. (a) This section does not apply to the change of a candidate’s name that occurs after absentee ballots have been printed bearing the candidate’s name. (b) A candidate who: (1) is: (A) nominated for election; or (B) a candidate for nomination; and (2) changed the candidate’s legal name after: (A) the candidate has […]

3-8-7-26. Factions Within a Political Party; Selection of Names and Devices

Sec. 26. (a) If there is a division in a political party and two (2) or more factions claim the same party name, title, or device, the commission, or the county election board, if appropriate, shall give preference of name to the convention held at the time and place designated in the call of the […]

3-8-7-12. Place to File Certificates

Sec. 12. A certificate of nomination for an office to be elected by the electorate of the whole state shall be filed with the election division. A certificate of nomination for any other elected office shall be filed with the person with whom a declaration of candidacy shall be filed. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-1(l) part.] […]