Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 3-8-6-2 (2025)
Nomination by petition
✓ 2025 Indiana Code: the 2026 session is not included
Sec. 2. A candidate may be nominated for an elected office by petition of voters who are:
(1) registered to vote at the residence address set forth on the petition on the date the county voter registration office certifies the petition under section 8 of this chapter; and
(2) qualified to vote for the candidate.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-1(a)(2) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.225-2011, SEC.35; P.L.194-2013, SEC.24.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2014–2024 · leading case: Common Cause Indiana v. Indiana Sec'y of State, 60 F. Supp. 3d 982 (S.D. Ind. 2014).
Common Cause Indiana v. Indiana Sec'y of State, 60 F. Supp. 3d 982 (S.D. Ind. 2014). “Ind.Code § 3-8-6-2. In the last election for Secretary of State (2010), Marion County voters cast 212,654 votes, 2% of which is 4,253.”
Indiana Green Party v. Diego Morales, 113 F.4th 739 (7th Cir. 2024). “Ind. Code § 3-8-6-2 . To do so, the candidate must collect, from reg- istered voters in the election district the candidate seeks to represent, signatures numbering 2 percent of the votes cast in the last Secretary of State election in that election district.”
Schmitz v. Marion Cnty. Bd. of Elections, No. 1:19-cv-03314 (S.D. Ind. Sept. 5, 2019). “First, Indiana Code § 3-8-6-2 states that voters who sign the petition must be “registered to vote at the address set forth on the petition on the date the county voter registration office certifies the petition under section 8 of this chapter; and qualified to vote for the…”
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