§ 3-10-7-15 — Deputy election commissioners; appointment and removal; residency; duties

Indiana § 3-10-7-15

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 10: PROVISIONS GOVERNING CERTAIN TYPES OF
• Ch. 7: Municipal Elections in Small Towns Located Outside

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(a) A town election board may appoint and at
its pleasure remove deputy election commissioners. A deputy election
commissioner appointed under this section must reside in the town of
the election board that appointed the deputy commissioner. If a deputy
election commissioner ceases to be a resident of the town of the
election board that appointed the deputy election commissioner, the
person may not continue to serve as a deputy election commissioner of
the town.
(b) The county chairman of each major political party who
appointed the chairman of that political party's town committee under
IC 3-8-5-3 shall designate one-half (1/2) of the deputy commissioners.
Deputy election commissioners may assist the town election board in
carrying out its duties in accordance with the rules adopted by the
board.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7.6-7(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.92; P.L.5-1989, SEC.42; P.L.4-1996, SEC.55.