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Citations Affected: IC 3-8.

Synopsis: Qualification for presidential primary election. Provides that as an alternative to submission of petitions with voter signatures, a candidate for nomination for President of the United States may pay a fee of $10,000 with the request to be placed on the primary election ballot. Requires a candidate who files a request in this manner to file the request in person. Provides that for the 2012 primary election, the filing deadline for candidates for nomination for President of the United States is noon on March 30 and the date for the election division to certify candidates is April 6.

Effective: Upon passage.

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    January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure.
    January 10, 2012, amended; reassigned to Committee on Elections.

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.

SOURCE: IC 3-8-3-2; (12)SB0068.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 3-8-3-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 2.5 of this chapter, a request filed under section 1 of this chapter must be accompanied by a petition signed by at least four thousand five hundred (4,500) voters of the state, including at least five hundred (500) voters from each congressional district.
    (b) Each petition must contain the following:
        (1) The signature of each petitioner.
        (2) The name of each petitioner legibly printed.
        (3) The residence mailing address of each petitioner.
    (c) This subsection applies to a petition filed during the period:
        (1) beginning on the date that a congressional district plan has been adopted under IC 3-3; and
        (2) ending on the date that the part of the act or order issued under IC 3-3-2 establishing the previous congressional district plan is repealed or superseded.
The petition must be signed by at least four thousand five hundred

(4,500) voters of Indiana, including at least five hundred (500) voters from each congressional district created by the most recent congressional district plan adopted under IC 3-3.

SOURCE: IC 3-8-3-2.5; (12)SB0068.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 3-8-3-2.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2.5. (a) Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, a candidate may file a request to be placed on the ballot without the petitions and signatures required by section 2 of this chapter if the candidate pays a fee of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the time the request is filed under this chapter.
    (b) A candidate filing a request under this section must file the request in person:
        (1) with the election division; or
        (2) as permitted or required by section 1 of this chapter, with the secretary of state.
    (c) For the 2012 primary election, the following apply:
        (1) Notwithstanding IC 3-8-2-4 and section 5 of this chapter, a request filed under this section for the 2012 primary election must be filed not later than noon, Indianapolis time, March 30, 2012.
        (2) Notwithstanding IC 3-8-2-17 and section 8 of this chapter, the election division shall, not later than April 6, 2012, transmit to each county election board a certified list containing the name of each person qualified as a candidate for nomination for the office of President of the United States and the name of the political party whose nomination the candidate is seeking.

SOURCE: ; (12)SB0068.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.