§ 3-6-5-3 — Candidates for office as members of board or proxies of record; circuit court clerk as member of candidate's committee

Indiana § 3-6-5-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 6: POLITICAL PARTY AND ELECTION OFFICERS
• Ch. 5: County Election Boards

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(a) A person who is a candidate for elected office
or a member of a candidate's committee may not be appointed as:
(1) a member of a county election board;
(2) a proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of this
chapter; or
(3) an alternate proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of
this chapter.
(b) If an appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy becomes:
(1) a candidate for elected office; or
(2) a member of a candidate's committee;
the member, proxy, or alternate proxy may not continue to serve on the
county election board.
(c) An appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy may not
hold elected office while serving on the county election board.
(d) The circuit court clerk may not be a member of a candidate's
committee other than the clerk's own candidate's committee.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-4-2 part;
3-1-4-10(a) part, (b) part, (c).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.24; P.L.3-1997, SEC.34; P.L.9-2004, SEC.2; P.L.230-2005, SEC.6.