Paper ballots; listing of political party and other information

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Indiana Code › Title 3 › Article 10 › Chapter 4 › Section 3-10-4-2

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Sec. 2. (a) This section applies when paper ballots are used.

(b) A single square shall be printed in front of a bracket enclosing the names of the nominees for President and Vice President of the United States on the left margin of each separate column of the ballot, immediately opposite the names of the nominees.

(c) The device named and list of nominees of the political party whose nominee received the highest number of votes in that county for secretary of state at the last election shall be placed in the first column on the left side of the ballot. The political party whose nominee received the second highest number of votes in that county for secretary of state at the last election shall be placed in the second column. Other political parties shall be placed on the ballot in the same order.

(d) If a political party or an independent ticket did not have a candidate for secretary of state in the last election, the party or ticket shall be placed on the ballot after the parties described in subsection (c). If more than one (1) political party or independent ticket that has qualified to be on the ballot did not have a candidate for secretary of state in the last election, each party or independent ticket shall be listed on the ballot in the order in which the party or independent ticket filed a petition of nomination under IC 3-8-6-12.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-12-3 part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.172; P.L.3-1993, SEC.96; P.L.58-2005, SEC.10.

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