2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 8. Candidates › Chapter 7. Certification of Nominees and Ballot Placement › 3-8-7-11. Device Used to Designate Political Party Candidates

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), if a political party has filed a statement with the election division (or any of its predecessors) that the device selected by the political party be used to designate the candidates of the political party on the ballot for all elections throughout the state, the device must be used until:
(1) the device is changed in accordance with party rules; and
(2) a statement concerning the use of the new device is filed with the election division.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the device may be any appropriate symbol.
(c) A political party may not use any of the following as a device:
(1) A symbol that has previously been filed by a political party with the election division (or any of its predecessors).
(2) The coat of arms or seal of the state or of the United States.
(3) The national or state flag.
(4) Any other emblem common to the people.
(d) Not later than noon on the date specified under section 16 of this chapter for the certification of candidates and public questions by the election division, the election division shall provide each county election board with a camera-ready copy of the device under which the candidates of the political party or the petitioner are to be listed so that ballots may be prepared using the best possible reproduction of the device.
(e) This subsection applies to a political party whose device is not filed with the election division under subsection (a) and is to be printed only on ballots to identify candidates for election to a local office. Not later than noon on the date specified under section 16 of this chapter for the certification of candidates and public questions by the election division, the chairman of the political party or the petitioner of nomination shall file a camera-ready copy of the device under which the candidates of the political party or the petitioner are to be listed with the county election board of each county in which the name of the candidate or party will be placed on the ballot. The county election board shall provide the camera-ready copy of the device to the town election board of a town located wholly or partially within the county upon request by the town election board.
(f) If a copy of the device is not filed in accordance with subsection (a) or (e), or unless a device is designated in accordance with section 26 or 27 of this chapter, the county election board or town election board is not required to use any device to designate the list of candidates.
(g) If a device is filed with the election division or an election board after the commencement of printing of ballots for use at an election conducted under this title, the election board responsible for printing the ballots is not required to alter the ballots to include the device filed under this subsection.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-1(h) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.127; P.L.3-1997, SEC.156; P.L.14-2004, SEC.66; P.L.230-2005, SEC.31; P.L.225-2011, SEC.38; P.L.227-2023, SEC.50.