2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 3. ELECTIONS
ARTICLE 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. APPLICABILITY; TYPES OF ELECTIONS
ARTICLE 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS
IC 3-5-1
Chapter 1. Applicability; Types of Elections
IC 3-5-1-0.3
P.L.5-1986 intended to be a codification and restatement of law; no effect on rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred, crimes committed, or proceedings begun
Sec. 0.3. (a) P.L.5-1986 is intended to be a codification and restatement of applicable or corresponding provisions repealed by P.L.5-1986, SECTION 61 (IC 2-2.1-2, IC 3-1, IC 3-2, IC 3-4, IC 33-13-1, IC 33-13-2, and IC 35-50-1-4). If P.L.5-1986 repeals and replaces a provision in the same form or in a restated form, the substantive operation and effect of that provision continue uninterrupted.
(b) P.L.5-1986 does not affect any:
(1) rights or liabilities accrued;
(2) penalties incurred;
(3) violations committed; or
(4) proceedings begun;
before March 4, 1986. Those rights, liabilities, penalties, offenses, and proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced under prior law as if P.L.5-1986 had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.10.
IC 3-5-1-0.4
General assembly may preserve background materials related to P.L.5-1986
Sec. 0.4. The general assembly may, by concurrent resolution, preserve any of the background materials related to P.L.5-1986.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.11.
IC 3-5-1-1
Public officials or public questions; application
Sec. 1. This title applies to each election at which the electorate of the state or a political subdivision:
(1) nominates or chooses by ballot public officials; or
(2) decides a public question lawfully submitted to the electorate.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
IC 3-5-1-2
Types of elections
Sec. 2. The types of elections to which this title applies are classified as follows:
(1) General election, which is conducted statewide on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. (2) Municipal election, in which the electorate of a municipality chooses by ballot public officials for the municipality or decides a public question lawfully submitted to the electorate of the municipality.
(3) Primary election, which is conducted for the purpose of choosing by ballot the following:
(A) The candidates who will be the nominees of a political party for elected offices in a general or municipal election.
(B) The precinct committeemen of a political party.
(C) The delegates to a political party's state convention.
(4) School district election, in which the electorate of a school district chooses by ballot members of the school board.
(5) Special election, which is conducted for a special purpose as provided by law.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
