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Indiana Statutes § 3-12-8-1 Persons entitled to contest

⤴ Up to Chapter 8: Contest Procedures for Nomination for or Election to Local or School Board Offices

Statute Text

(a) This section does not apply to a challenge filed before an election to the eligibility of a candidate nominated by petition for election to an office. The challenge described by this subsection must be conducted in accordance with IC 3-8-1-2 .
(b) Any candidate for nomination or election to a local or school board office may contest the nomination or election of a candidate who is declared nominated or elected to the office, except a candidate who:
(1) receives the most votes in a primary election; and
(2) is certified as deceased under IC 3-8-7-1 .
(c) If a candidate who is entitled to contest the nomination or election of a candidate under this chapter does not file a petition within the period established by section 5 of this chapter, the county chairman of a political party of which the candidate entitled to file a petition under this chapter was a member may file a petition to contest the nomination or election of a candidate. A county chairman is entitled to contest an election under this chapter only in a partisan race.
(d) This subsection applies to an election for a school board office. If there is no candidate who is entitled to contest the election of another candidate to a school board office, a voter of the school corporation may file a petition to contest the election of the candidate.

Source

Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-28-1.

History

Amended by P.L. 278 - 2019 , SEC. 149 , eff. 7/1/2019 .

Amended by P.L. 194 - 2013 , SEC. 79 , eff. 7/1/2013 .

As added by P.L. 5-1986 , SEC. 8 . Amended by P.L. 10-1988 , SEC. 152 ; P.L. 4-1996 , SEC. 79 ; P.L. 176 - 1999 , SEC.99; P.L. 14 - 2000 , SEC.7.

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