§ 3-6-9-1 — Request for watchers; written statement

Indiana § 3-6-9-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 6: POLITICAL PARTY AND ELECTION OFFICERS
• Ch. 9: Watchers for Primary, School Board, and Precinct

Text

(a) If:
(1) two (2) or more candidates of a political party who are
candidates for:
(A) nomination to elected offices at a county primary election
(or municipal primary election within the municipality in which
the municipal primary is to be conducted), not including
candidates for delegates to the state convention or candidates
for precinct committeemen; or
(B) precinct committeemen at an election for precinct
committeemen, whose names are certified to the county
election board as candidates to be voted for at the primary
election for precinct committeemen; or
(2) any candidate or group of candidates for a school board office;
desire to have watchers at the polls in any precinct of the county or
municipality, they shall sign a written statement indicating their desire
to name watchers.
(b) If the candidates signing the statement are candidates for
nomination at a county primary election or for election as precinct
committeemen or to a school board office, the written statement shall
be filed with the circuit court clerk of the county where the candidates
reside.
(c) If the candidates signing the statement are candidates for
nomination at a municipal primary election, the written statement shall
be filed with the circuit court clerk of the county that contains the
greatest percentage of the population of the election district.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-6-2(a)(1)
part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.39; P.L.10-1988, SEC.10; P.L.14-2004, SEC.14; P.L.11-2025, SEC.1.