§ 3-11-3-29.3 — Name of former candidate who filed with secretary of state or election division; printing name of former candidate on ballot; replacement ballot; effect of former candidate receiving the most votes

Indiana § 3-11-3-29.3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 11: VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND
• Ch. 3: Distribution of Ballots and Other Supplies

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3. (a) This section applies to a candidate who
has filed with the secretary of state or election division as a candidate
for nomination in a primary election.
(b) If the election division determines that a candidate for
nomination in a primary is a former candidate, the division shall:
(1) not include the name of the candidate in the certification
transmitted to the county under IC 3-8-2-17; or
(2) if the certification to the county has already been transmitted,
notify the county election board of each county to which the
candidate's name has been previously certified.
(c) The county election board shall not print the name of a former
candidate described in subsection (b) on a primary ballot. However, if
the county election board has already printed ballots containing the
name of the former candidate, the county may provide those ballots to
voters and shall not reprint the ballot to remove the name of the former
candidate.
(d) A voter who has cast a ballot containing the name of a former
candidate is entitled to request a replacement absentee ballot under IC 3-11.5-4-2.
(e) If a former candidate receives the most votes in a primary
election, a candidate vacancy occurs that the candidate's party may fill
under IC 3-13.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.194-2013, SEC.48. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.93; P.L.278-2019, SEC.59; P.L.227-2023, SEC.72.