Section 3-6-5-3 - Candidates for office as members of board or proxies of record; circuit court clerk as member of candidate's committee(a) A person who is a candidate for elected office or a member of a candidate's committee may not be appointed as:(1) a member of a county election board;(2) a proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of this chapter; or(3) an alternate proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of this chapter.(b) If an appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy becomes:(1) a candidate for elected office; or(2) a member of a candidate's committee; the member, proxy, or alternate proxy may not continue to serve on the county election board.
(c) An appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy may not hold elected office while serving on the county election board.(d) The circuit court clerk may not be a member of a candidate's committee other than the clerk's own candidate's committee.Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-4-2 part; 3-1-4-10(a) part, (b) part, (c).
As added by P.L. 5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L. 3-1987, SEC.24; P.L. 3-1997, SEC.34; P.L. 9-2004, SEC.2; P.L. 230-2005, SEC.6.