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
Ind. Code § 3-8-7-19
in effectSec. 19. (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.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.12-1988, SEC.2; P.L.227-2023, SEC.51.
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