§ 3-14-1-2 — Printing, publishing, or distributing of slate during primary campaign without authority

Indiana § 3-14-1-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 14: OFFENSES
• Ch. 1: Campaign Violations

Text

(a) A person who:
(1) prints, publishes, or distributes a slate during a primary
election campaign without authority from and:
(A) over the name of an organization of voters, including the
name of the organization and its officers; or
(B) if it is not an organized group of voters, over the names of
at least ten (10) voters in the political subdivision in which the
primary election is being held;
together with the name of the printer who printed the slate;
(2) prints on a slate during a primary election campaign the name
or number of a candidate without the candidate's written consent;
or
(3) prints, publishes, or distributes a slate during a primary
election campaign unless at least five (5) days before it is printed
and published the written consent of the voters over whose names
it is published and the written consent of the candidates in whose
behalf it is distributed are filed in the office of the county election
board in each county where the election is held;
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) As used in this section, "slate" means a sample ballot,
reproduction of an official ballot, or a listing of candidates:
(1) having the names or numbers of more than one (1) candidate
for nomination at a primary election; and
(2) that expresses support for more than one (1) of the candidates
set forth on the ballot or list.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.463; P.L.10-1988, SEC.205; P.L.3-1997, SEC.399.