§ 3-6-6-14 — Filling vacancy by remaining members

(a) This section does not apply to a vacancy in
the office of election sheriff in a precinct that is subject to a resolution
adopted under section 5 of this chapter.
(b) If a precinct election officer fails to appear at the hour set for the
opening of the polls, or if a precinct election office becomes vacant
during election day, the remaining members of the precinct election
board shall fill the vacancy upon the nomination of the highest ranking
precinct election officer nominated by the county chairman of the same
political party whose county chairman was entitled to nominate the
holder of the office to be filled.
(c) If a county chairman fails to nominate the individual appointed
to make a nomination to fill a vacant precinct election office under
subsection (b), the individual appointed by the county election board
to this precinct election office under section 13(b) of this chapter is
entitled to make the nomination to fill the vacant precinct office under
this section.
(d) For the purpose of these nominations, the rank of precinct
election officers is as follows:
(1) Inspector.
(2) Judge.
(3) Poll clerk.
(4) Assistant poll clerk.
(5) Election sheriff.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-5-11 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.19; P.L.3-1995, SEC.14; P.L.176-1999, SEC.16.