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Indiana Statutes § 3-8-2-4 Time for filing and execution of declaration of candidacy; declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate

⤴ Up to Chapter 2: Declaration of Candidacy for Federal, State, Legislative, or Local Office in Primary Election

Statute Text

(a) A declaration of candidacy for a primary election must be filed not later than noon eighty-eight (88) days and not earlier than one hundred eighteen (118) days before the primary election. The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.
(b) A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate must be filed:
(1) not earlier than the first date specified in IC 3-8-6-10 (b) for the timely filing of a petition of nomination; and
(2) not later than noon on the date specified by IC 3-13-1-15 (c) for a major political party to file a certificate of candidate selection.
The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.
(c) During a year in which a federal decennial census, federal special census, special tabulation, or corrected population count becomes effective under IC 1-1-3.5 , a declaration of:
(1) candidacy may be filed for an office that will appear on the primary election ballot; or
(2) intent to be a write-in candidate may be filed for an office that will appear on the general, municipal, or school board election ballot;
that year as a result of the new tabulation of population or corrected population count.

Source

Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-5(a) part.

History

Amended by P.L. 219 - 2013 , SEC. 19 , eff. 7/1/2013 .

Amended by P.L. 225 - 2011 , SEC. 25 , eff. 7/1/2011 .

As added by P.L. 5-1986 , SEC. 4 . Amended by P.L. 3-1987 , SEC. 96 ; P.L. 1-1988 , SEC. 5 ; P.L. 10-1988 , SEC. 32 ; P.L. 5-1989 , SEC. 23 ; P.L. 2-1990 , SEC. 6 ; P.L. 4-1991 , SEC. 35 ; P.L. 10-1992 , SEC. 12 ; P.L. 3-1993 , SEC. 59 ; P.L. 3-1997 , SEC. 120 ; P.L. 14-2004, SEC.54; P.L. 230 - 2005 , SEC.23; P.L. 164 - 2006 , SEC. 58 .

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