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IN Code § 3-10-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-2. Eligible Voters

Sec. 2. The electorate of the whole state may vote at the election required by section 1 of this chapter.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-2.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-3. Conduct of Election

Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the election required by section 1 of this chapter shall be conducted and the results ascertained, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as an election of governor. All of the other provisions of this title apply to the election when consistent with this chapter.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-3.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-4. Conduct of Election; Precinct Election Officers

Sec. 4. Each county election board shall conduct the election required by section 1 of this chapter. The precinct election officers consist of one (1) inspector and two (2) poll clerks to be appointed by the county election board at least ten (10) days before the election. These officers have the same powers and duties as other precinct election officers and receive the same pay that precinct election officers receive in general elections.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-1 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-5. Number of Delegates

Sec. 5. Each county shall elect at least one (1) delegate to the convention prescribed by section 1 of this chapter. In addition, each county having a population greater than twenty thousand (20,000) shall elect one (1) additional delegate for each additional twenty thousand (20,000) persons in the county, or major fraction thereof. The governor shall determine the number of delegates to which each county is entitled under this section and shall include the number in the governor's proclamation.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-4.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-6. Qualifications of Delegate

Sec. 6. A candidate for delegate to a convention held under this chapter must be:(1) a resident of the county; and(2) a registered voter.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.178.
IN Code § 3-10-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-7. Procedure for Nomination

Sec. 7. Nomination of a candidate for delegate to a convention held under this chapter must be by petition. Before the candidate's name is placed on a petition, the candidate must file in the office of the circuit court clerk of the county in which the candidate resides a declaration stating the candidate's name, the candidate's residence address with the street and number (if any), and whether if elected as a delegate the candidate will vote for or against the ratification of the amendment to be considered by the convention. The circuit court clerk may not accept a petition containing the name of a candidate who has failed to file such a declaration.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-8. Nomination Petitions; Required Number of Signatures

Sec. 8. A single petition required by section 7 of this chapter may nominate any number of candidates, but not more than the total number of delegates to be elected from the county. A petition must be signed by at least five hundred (500) voters for each delegate nominated.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-9. Nomination Petitions; Contents

Sec. 9. A petition required by section 7 of this chapter must contain the candidates' names, the candidates' residence address with the street and number (if any), and a declaration and pledge that each candidate will, if elected, vote for or against ratification at the convention.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-10. Nomination Petitions; Political Party Designations

Sec. 10. A petition required by section 7 of this chapter may not include a candidate's political party or political designation.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-11. Nomination Petitions; Inconsistent Names

Sec. 11. A petition required by section 7 of this chapter may not contain the name of a candidate whose position as stated is inconsistent with that of another candidate on the same petition.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-12. Signing More Than One Petition

Sec. 12. A person may not sign both a petition for a candidate in favor of ratification and a petition for a candidate opposed to ratification.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-13. Filing of Petitions and Acceptances; Preservation

Sec. 13. All petitions and acceptances must be filed with the circuit court clerk no later than noon thirty (30) days before the date of the election. The clerk shall preserve the petitions and make them available for public inspection.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.84.
IN Code § 3-10-5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-14. Successful Candidates; Ties; Time for Objections

Sec. 14. The candidates whose nominating petitions have been signed by the highest number of voters are nominated. Ties shall be resolved by lot drawn by the commission. If a written objection is not filed with the circuit court clerk no later than noon ten (10) days after the filing, the decision of the clerk is final.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.85; P.L.2-1996, SEC.119.
IN Code § 3-10-5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-15. Objections

Sec. 15. If an objection to a decision of the circuit court clerk is made, the clerk shall immediately certify the objection and the petition to the election division. The commission shall consider the objection, and the decision of the commission is final.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.179; P.L.3-1997, SEC.226.
IN Code § 3-10-5-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-16. Certification of Successful Nominees

Sec. 16. Not later than noon fifteen (15) days after the petitions have been filed with the circuit court clerk, the clerk shall certify the names of the successful nominees to the election division.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.180; P.L.3-1997, SEC.227.
IN Code § 3-10-5-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-17. Conduct of Election; Ballot

Sec. 17. The election required by section 1 of this chapter shall be conducted by ballot. The ballot must state first the substance of the proposed constitutional amendment, followed by appropriate instructions to the voters. The ballot then must be in the form prescribed by the election division. The names of the nominees in favor of ratification shall be placed in the column headed "For Ratification". The names of the nominees against ratification shall be placed in the column headed "Against Ratification".[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-6 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.181; P.L.3-1993, SEC.99; P.L.2-1996, SEC.120; P.L.169-2015, SEC.80.
IN Code § 3-10-5-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-18. Arrangement of Names on Ballot

Sec. 18. The ballot prescribed by section 17 of this chapter shall be arranged so that a voter may, by making a single voting mark, vote for an entire group of nominees whose names are in one column.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-6 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.10; P.L.3-1987, SEC.182.
IN Code § 3-10-5-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-20. Order of Names on Ballot

Sec. 20. Each county election board shall prepare the ballots in series equal to the total number of delegates to be elected. The names of the candidates shall be arranged in alphabetical order in the first series of ballots printed. On the next series printed the first name shall be placed last, and the process shall be repeated in the same manner until each name has been first. The ballots shall then be combined in tablets with no two (2) of the same order of names together, except where there is but one (1) candidate in each column and when impracticable to do so.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-6 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-21. Marking of Ballot

Sec. 21. A voter shall indicate a choice by making one (1) or more voting marks in the appropriate spaces provided on the ballot.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-6 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.11.
IN Code § 3-10-5-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-22. Successful Nominees

Sec. 22. The nominees who receive the highest number of votes, up to the total number to be chosen, are the delegates to the convention prescribed by section 1 of this chapter.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-7 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-23. Certification of Delegates

Sec. 23. Not later than noon ten (10) days after the election, each circuit court clerk shall:(1) certify the election of each delegate to the election division; and(2) deliver a certificate of election to each successful delegate.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-5 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.228.
IN Code § 3-10-5-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-24. Vacancies

Sec. 24. If there is a vacancy in the convention prescribed by section 1 of this chapter, the vacancy shall be filled by majority vote of the delegates from the county in which the vacancy exists. If the convention does not have another delegate from that county, the governor shall fill the vacancy.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-7 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-25. Commencement of Convention; Quorum

Sec. 25. The delegates certified under section 23 of this chapter shall meet in convention in the chamber of the Indiana house of representatives on the third Monday following the election at 2 p.m. to pass upon the question of whether or not to ratify the proposed constitutional amendment. A majority of the delegates elected to the convention constitutes a quorum.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-8.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-26. Call to Order; Oath of Office

Sec. 26. The lieutenant governor shall call the convention to order. A justice of the supreme court shall administer the oath of office.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-9 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-27. Powers of Convention

Sec. 27. The convention:(1) is the judge of the election and qualifications of its members;(2) may elect its president, secretary, and other officers; and(3) may adopt its own rules.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-9 part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-5-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-28. Journal of Convention

Sec. 28. (a) The convention shall keep a journal of its proceedings and debates in which the vote of each delegate on the question of ratification of the proposed constitutional amendment shall be recorded.(b) Upon final adjournment the journal shall be filed with the election division.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-10.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.229.
IN Code § 3-10-5-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-29. Certificate of Ratification

Sec. 29. (a) If the convention agrees to the ratification of the proposed constitutional amendment by majority vote of the delegates elected to the convention, the president and secretary of the convention shall execute a certificate to that effect and transmit the certificate to the election division.(b) The secretary of state shall transmit the certificate under the official seal of the state to the Secretary of State of the United States.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-11.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.230.
IN Code § 3-10-5-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 5. State Conventions Concerning United States Constitutional Amendments|3-10-5-30. Congressional Preemption of Procedure

Sec. 30. If at or about the time of submitting a constitutional amendment, Congress, either in the resolution submitting the amendment or by statute, prescribes the manner in which the conventions are to be constituted and does not except from the resolution or statute states that have provided for conventions, this chapter is inoperative and the convention shall be constituted and operate as the resolution or statute directs. Each public official of this state who is authorized or directed by the resolution or statute to take action to constitute a convention for this state shall act in accordance with it as if acting under a statute of this state.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-14-12.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IN Code § 3-10-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 6. Municipal and School District Elections in Cities, Large Towns, and Small Towns in Marion County|3-10-6-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to municipal and school district elections in the following municipalities:(1) All cities.(2) Towns having a population of three thousand five hundred (3,500) or more.(3) Towns located entirely or partially within a county having a consolidated city, regardless of their population.(b) Prison inmates may not be counted in determining population size for purposes of this chapter.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-1(a) part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.12; P.L.11-1988, SEC.3; P.L.3-1993, SEC.100; P.L.15-1995, SEC.2.
IN Code § 3-10-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 6. Municipal and School District Elections in Cities, Large Towns, and Small Towns in Marion County|3-10-6-2. Date of Municipal Primary; Political Parties Entitled to Nominate Candidates

Sec. 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a municipal primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May 2023 and every four (4) years thereafter.(b) Each political party whose nominee received at least ten percent (10%) of the votes cast in the state for secretary of state at the last election shall nominate all candidates to be voted for at the municipal election to be held in November.[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-2(a) part.]As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.4-1996, SEC.46; P.L.122-2000, SEC.10; P.L.230-2005, SEC.42; P.L.74-2017, SEC.38; P.L.193-2021, SEC.27.
IN Code § 3-10-6-2.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 6. Municipal and School District Elections in Cities, Large Towns, and Small Towns in Marion County|3-10-6-2.5. Town Ordinance to Stagger Terms of Members of Legislative Body

Sec. 2.5. (a) This section does not apply to a town located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city unless the town has a population of more than one thousand (1,000) but less than one thousand four hundred (1,400).(b) This section applies to a town that has not adopted an ordinance:(1) under IC 18-3-1-16(b) (before its repeal on September 1, 1981); or(2) in 1982 under P.L.13-1982, SECTION 3 (before its expiration on January 1, 1988).(c) Notwithstanding IC 3-10-6-6, a town may adopt an ordinance during the year preceding a municipal election conducted under section 2 of this chapter prescribing the length of the term of office for town legislative body members elected in the municipal election.(d) The ordinance must provide that:(1) no more than fifty percent (50%) of the members will be elected for terms of three (3) years beginning at noon January 1 following the municipal election under section 2 of this chapter; and(2) the remainder of the members will be elected for terms of four (4) years beginning at noon January 1 following the election.(e) An ordinance described in this section or an ordinance repealing an ordinance described in this section is effective upon filing the ordinance with the circuit court clerk of the county in which the largest percentage of the town is located.As added by P.L.11-1988, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.7; P.L.3-1997, SEC.231; P.L.170-2002, SEC.6; P.L.119-2012, SEC.6; P.L.278-2019, SEC.42.
IN Code § 3-10-6-2.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections|Chapter 6. Municipal and School District Elections in Cities, Large Towns, and Small Towns in Marion County|3-10-6-2.6. Election of Town Officers in Year of No General Election for Short Term; Ordinance

Sec. 2.6. (a) This section does not apply to a town located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city.(b) This section applies to a town that has adopted an ordinance:(1) under IC 18-3-1-16(b) (before its repeal on September 1, 1981); or(2) in 1982 under P.L.13-1982, SECTION 3 (before its expiration on January 1, 1988).(c) A town may adopt an ordinance during a year in which an election of town legislative body members, a town clerk-treasurer, or a town judge will not occur under section 3 of this chapter.(d) The ordinance described in subsection (c) must provide that:(1) the town legislative body members, clerk-treasurer, or judge elected at the next municipal election not conducted in a general election year serve terms of one (1) year; and(2) the successors of the town legislative body members, clerk-treasurer, or judge described in subdivision (1) shall be chosen at the first general election following the municipal election and serve terms of four (4) years.As added by P.L.11-1988, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.8.