Section 3-8-7-19 - Names to appear only once on ballot; candidate for federal office and Vice President; candidate to fill a vacancy, subsequently elected to United States House of Representatives(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the name of an individual who has been nominated as a candidate for an elected office may not appear in more than one (1) place on a ballot.(b) The name of an individual who is nominated as a candidate of a political party: (1) for a federal office in a primary election; and(2) for Vice President of the United States during the same year; may appear on the general election ballot as a candidate for the federal office and for Vice President of the United States.
(c) The name of an individual who is a candidate to:(1) fill a vacancy in the office of United States Representative in a special election held under IC 3-10-8; and(2) be elected to the same office for the next term as the United States Representative; may appear on the ballot as a candidate both in the election described in subdivision (1) and the election described in subdivision (2) if both elections are held on the same day.
Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-3 part.
Amended by P.L. 227-2023,SEC. 51, eff. 7/1/2023.As added by P.L. 5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L. 12-1988, SEC.2.