§ 3-11-3-29.4 — Name of former candidate who filed with circuit court clerk or board of elections and registration; printing name of former candidate on ballot; replacement ballot; effect of former candidate receiving the most votes

Indiana § 3-11-3-29.4

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

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4. (a) This section applies to a candidate who
has filed with a circuit court clerk or board of elections and registration
as a candidate for:
(1) nomination in a primary election or municipal primary
election; or
(2) election to a political party office in a primary election.
(b) If the county election board determines by unanimous vote of the
entire membership that there is good cause to believe that a candidate
is a former candidate, the board shall not print the name of the
candidate on the primary ballot.
(c) 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.49. Amended by P.L.76-2014, SEC.31; P.L.169-2015, SEC.94; P.L.278-2019, SEC.60; P.L.227-2023, SEC.73.