Bill Text: IN SB0233 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Various election law matters.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Signed by the Governor [SB0233 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0233-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-10.
Synopsis: Unopposed candidates on municipal election ballot.
Requires that all nominees for each municipal office must be on the
ballot if there is an election for any office of the municipality.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
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(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an election may not be held for a municipal office if:
(1) there is only one (1) nominee for the office or only one (1) person has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for the office under IC 3-8-2-2.5; and
(2) no person has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for the office under IC 3-8-2-2.5 that results in a contest for election to the same municipal office.
(c) If there is an election for any office of the municipality, all nominees for each office must be on the ballot.
chapter shall be held at the time prescribed by IC 3-10-6.
(b) This subsection applies to a municipal office elected during a
municipal or general election. Except as provided in subsection (c),
an election may not be held for a municipal office if:
(1) there is only one (1) nominee for the office or only one (1)
person has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate
for the office under IC 3-8-2-2.5; and
(2) no person has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate for the office under IC 3-8-2-2.5 that results in a contest
for election to the same municipal office.
(c) If there is an election for any office of the municipality, all
nominees for each office must be on the ballot.