Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 3-13-1-1 (2025)
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✓ 2025 Indiana Code: the 2026 session is not included
Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 18 or 20 of this chapter or IC 3-10-8-7.5, this chapter applies to the filling of a candidate vacancy that arises for any reason if the vacancy leaves a major political party without a candidate for the office and occurs before the thirtieth day before a general, special, or municipal election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-11-10(a) part; 3-1-11-1(i).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.413; P.L.4-1991, SEC.123; P.L.3-1997, SEC.380; P.L.219-2013, SEC.66.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: Paul v. State of Indiana Election Bd., 743 F. Supp. 616 (S.D. Ind. 1990).
Paul v. State of Indiana Election Bd., 743 F. Supp. 616 (S.D. Ind. 1990). “§ 3-5-2-35), but a paster ballot has been redefined to mean “a sticker that is used to correct the name of a candidate on ballots” when a new candidate is appointed or selected pursuant to I.C. § 3-13-1-1 or 3-13-1-2 9 , or when a change must be made to correct a printing error.”
Lockard v. Miles, 882 N.E.2d 288 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “Specifically, Indiana Code § 3-13-1-1 provides: Except as provided in section 18 or 20 of this chapter [neither of which apply here], this chapter applies to the filling of a candidate vacancy that arises for any reason if the vacancy leaves a major political party without a…”
Ross Graham Thomas v. Joseph Foyst, 260 N.E.3d 887 (Ind. 2025). “Ind. Code § 3-13-1-1 (2024).1 For a local office such as a city council seat, the vacancy can be filled in multiple ways.”
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