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 city, regardless of their population. (b) Prison inmates may not be […]
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-8-2.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.121. Repealed by P.L.219-2013, SEC.26.
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 board of the adjoining precinct. As added […]
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 for city or town office not later than […]
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 ballot if the person files […]
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 and every four (4) years thereafter. (b) Each political party whose nominee received at least ten percent (10%) of the votes cast in the state for secretary […]
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) but less than one thousand four hundred (1,400). (b) This section applies to a town that has not adopted an ordinance: […]
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.L.13-1982, SECTION 3 (before its […]
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, at the primary election in: (1) May 2022 and […]
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 to any office of the municipality, […]
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 under this section at both of […]
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 and every four (4) years thereafter. At the election, public officials shall be elected to each municipal office. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended […]
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 election in November 2022 and every four (4) years […]
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-2-7-1(a) part; 3-2-7-1.5.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.4-1991, SEC.147.
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) there is an election for […]
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 P.L.3-1997, […]
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 perform the duties and furnish the assistance that they are required […]
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-8-1.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.87; P.L.13-1988, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.219-2013, SEC.25.
