Indiana § 3-10-4-5 Certification of nominees and electors

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-10-4-5 — Certification of nominees and electors

Indiana § 3-10-4-5

Art. 10PROVISIONS GOVERNING CERTAIN TYPES OF

Ch. 4Presidential Elections

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Ind. Code § 3-10-4-5 (2026).

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(a)This subsection applies to a major political party and to a political party subject to IC 3-8-4-10. The state chairman of each political party shall certify to the election division the names of the nominees of the party for President and Vice President of the United States and the state of which each nominee is a resident.

(b)If candidates for presidential electors and alternate presidential electors are nominated by petitioners instead of by a convention of a major political party or a party subject to IC 3-8-4-10, the petitioners shall certify with the list of names of the presidential electors the following:

(1)The names of their nominees for President and Vice President of the United States.

(2)The state of which each nominee is a resident.

(3)The name of the political party o

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(a) This subsection applies to a major political
party and to a political party subject to IC 3-8-4-10. The state chairman
of each political party shall certify to the election division the names of
the nominees of the party for President and Vice President of the
United States and the state of which each nominee is a resident.
(b) If candidates for presidential electors and alternate presidential
electors are nominated by petitioners instead of by a convention of a
major political party or a party subject to IC 3-8-4-10, the petitioners
shall certify with the list of names of the presidential electors the
following:
(1) The names of their nominees for President and Vice President
of the United States.
(2) The state of which each nominee is a resident.
(3) The name of the political party of the nominees, or that the
nominees are an independent ticket.
(c) This subsection applies to a political party described in
subsection (a) and to candidates nominated by petitioners under
subsection (b). The names of:
(1) all candidates for:
(A) presidential electors; and
(B) alternate presidential electors; and
(2) all nominees for President and Vice President of the United
States;
shall be certified to the election division not later than noon September
1 before the general election. The election division shall certify to each
county election board not later than noon on the next following
Thursday in September before the general election the names of the
nominees for President and Vice President of the United States
certified to the election division under this subsection.
(d) The names of all candidates for presidential electors and
alternate presidential electors for a write-in candidate shall be included
on the declaration for candidacy filed by a write-in candidate for the
office of President or Vice President of the United States filed under IC 3-8-2.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-12-5 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.173; P.L.5-1989, SEC.41; P.L.10-1992, SEC.18; P.L.3-1993, SEC.97; P.L.3-1997, SEC.223; P.L.66-2003, SEC.32; P.L.14-2004, SEC.80; P.L.201-2017, SEC.17; P.L.240-2025, SEC.21.