Indiana § 3-8-6-10 Time for submitting and filing petition; filings during year when census
taken

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§ 3-8-6-10 — Time for submitting and filing petition; filings during year when census taken

Indiana § 3-8-6-10

Art. 8CANDIDATES

Ch. 6Nomination by Petition for Independent or Minor

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Ind. Code § 3-8-6-10 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in section 11 of this chapter, a petition of nomination must be submitted to the county voter registration office of each county in which the election district is located.

(b)The petition must be filed during the period beginning on the first date that a declaration of candidacy for a primary election may be filed under IC 3-8-2-4 in the year in which the election will be held and ending at noon June 30 before the election.

(c)The county voter registration office shall certify and file a petition that complies with the requirements of this chapter with the public official authorized to place names on the ballot (and a copy of the petition with the town clerk-treasurer, if the petition of nomination is for a town office) not later than noon July 15.

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(a) Except as provided in section 11 of this
chapter, a petition of nomination must be submitted to the county voter
registration office of each county in which the election district is
located.
(b) The petition must be filed during the period beginning on the
first date that a declaration of candidacy for a primary election may be
filed under IC 3-8-2-4 in the year in which the election will be held and
ending at noon June 30 before the election.
(c) The county voter registration office shall certify and file a
petition that complies with the requirements of this chapter with the
public official authorized to place names on the ballot (and a copy of
the petition with the town clerk-treasurer, if the petition of nomination
is for a town office) not later than noon July 15.
(d) This subsection applies to a county in which the county voter
registration office is a board of registration established under IC 3-7-12. A candidate for a local office is not required to file the
candidate's written consent to become a candidate with the circuit court
clerk until the petition of nomination for the candidate is filed in
accordance with section 12 of this chapter.
(e) Following certification of a petition under this section, the office
may, upon the request of a candidate named in the petition, return the
original petition to the candidate for filing with the appropriate official
in accordance with this subsection. The candidate must file the
certified petition with the appropriate official not later than noon July
15.
(f) During a year in which a federal decennial census, federal
special census, special tabulation, or corrected population count
becomes effective under IC 1-1-3.5, a petition of nomination may be
filed for an office that will appear on the primary election ballot that
year as a result of the new tabulation of population or corrected
population count.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-1(f) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.118; P.L.1-1988, SEC.6; P.L.10-1988, SEC.48; P.L.2-1990, SEC.7; P.L.3-1997, SEC.148; P.L.176-1999, SEC.32; P.L.260-2001, SEC.1; P.L.225-2011, SEC.36; P.L.74-2017, SEC.28; P.L.278-2019, SEC.29.