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3-8-8-1. Applicability

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only to a candidate for election to any of the following: (1) A legislative office. (2) A state office other than a judicial office. (b) This chapter applies notwithstanding any other law relating to challenges to the qualifications of a candidate to be elected at a general election. As […]

3-8-7-17. Notice That Person Will Not Accept Nomination

Sec. 17. (a) The election division may not certify the name of a person whose certificate or petition of nomination has been filed with the election division if the person has filed a notice with the election division that the person will not accept the nomination contained in the certificate or petition of nomination. (b) […]

3-8-7-18. Certificate or Petition Containing Names of More Than One Candidate

Sec. 18. (a) This subsection applies to an office to which only one (1) candidate may be elected. If a certificate or petition of nomination contains the name of more than one (1) candidate for the office, none of the names of the candidates on the certificate or petition may be printed on the ballot […]

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.