§ 3-8-7-22 — Failure to make election

(a) This section applies if a person nominated
by two (2) or more political parties or as an independent candidate and
as the nominee of at least one (1) political party does not make and file
an election as required by section 21 of this chapter.
(b) The election division or circuit court clerk shall make the
election for the person.
(c) The election division or clerk shall give preference to the
nomination made by primary election and secondly to the nomination
given by convention. If the candidate is nominated by more than one
(1) convention or more than one (1) petition and the candidate does not
make the election, the election division or clerk shall give preference
to the first certificate of nomination for a convention given to the
candidate under IC 3-8-5-13 or IC 3-8-7-8, or the first petition of
nomination given to the candidate under IC 3-8-6-10.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-11 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.133; P.L.3-1993, SEC.77; P.L.3-1997, SEC.162; P.L.38-1999, SEC.29.