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Indiana Code Title 3. Elections § 3-8-2-4

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 4. (a) A declaration of candidacy for a primary election must be filed not later than noon eighty-eight (88) days and not earlier than one hundred eighteen (118) days before the primary election.  The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.

(b)  A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate must be filed:

(1) not earlier than the first date specified in IC 3-8-6-10(b) for the timely filing of a petition of nomination;  and

(2) not later than noon on the date specified by IC 3-13-1-15(c) for a major political party to file a certificate of candidate selection.

The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.

(c) During a year in which a federal decennial census, federal special census, special tabulation, or corrected population count becomes effective under IC 1-1-3.5, a declaration of:

(1) candidacy may be filed for an office that will appear on the primary election ballot;  or

(2) intent to be a write-in candidate may be filed for an office that will appear on the general, municipal, or school board election ballot;

that year as a result of the new tabulation of population or corrected population count.

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