Indiana § 3-13-11-5 Members of caucus; eligibility

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-13-11-5 — Members of caucus; eligibility

Indiana § 3-13-11-5

Art. 13VACANCIES

Ch. 11Caucus Procedure for Filling Vacancies in Certain

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Ind. Code § 3-13-11-5 (2026).

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(a)To be eligible to be a member of a caucus under this chapter, a precinct committeeman must satisfy the following:

(1)Be a member of the same political party that elected or selected the person who vacated the office to be filled.

(2)Be the precinct committeeman of a precinct in which voters were eligible to vote for the person who vacated the office to be filled at the last election conducted or permitted for the office.

(3)Satisfy the other requirements of this section. An elected precinct committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus called under this chapter, regardless of when the vacancy in the office occurred.

(b)An appointed precinct committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus called under this chapter if the precinct committeeman was a precinct committeeman th

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(a) To be eligible to be a member of a caucus
under this chapter, a precinct committeeman must satisfy the following:
(1) Be a member of the same political party that elected or
selected the person who vacated the office to be filled.
(2) Be the precinct committeeman of a precinct in which voters
were eligible to vote for the person who vacated the office to be
filled at the last election conducted or permitted for the office.
(3) Satisfy the other requirements of this section.
An elected precinct committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus
called under this chapter, regardless of when the vacancy in the office
occurred.
(b) An appointed precinct committeeman is eligible to participate
in a caucus called under this chapter if the precinct committeeman was
a precinct committeeman thirty (30) days before the vacancy occurred.
(c) If fewer than two (2) persons are eligible to be members of a
caucus under this section, the county chairman entitled to give notice
of a caucus under section 3 of this chapter shall fill the vacancy, no
later than thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs. A chairman acting
under this subsection is not required to conduct a caucus.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-9-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.458; P.L.10-1988, SEC.200; P.L.5-1989, SEC.68; P.L.3-1993, SEC.227; P.L.38-1999, SEC.66; P.L.176-1999, SEC.116; P.L.26-2000, SEC.29.