2023 Indiana Code
Title 3. Elections
Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers
Chapter 5. County Election Boards
3-6-5-3. Candidates for Office as Members of Board or Proxies of Record; Circuit Court Clerk as Member of Candidate's Committee

Sec. 3. (a) A person who is a candidate for elected office or a member of a candidate's committee may not be appointed as:

(1) a member of a county election board;

(2) a proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of this chapter; or

(3) an alternate proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of this chapter.

(b) If an appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy becomes:

(1) a candidate for elected office; or

(2) a member of a candidate's committee;

the member, proxy, or alternate proxy may not continue to serve on the county election board.

(c) An appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy may not hold elected office while serving on the county election board.

(d) The circuit court clerk may not be a member of a candidate's committee other than the clerk's own candidate's committee.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-4-2 part; 3-1-4-10(a) part, (b) part, (c).]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.24; P.L.3-1997, SEC.34; P.L.9-2004, SEC.2; P.L.230-2005, SEC.6.