Indiana Code 3-13-1-6. “County committee”; local office; office of circuit court judge or prosecuting attorney
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a candidate vacancy for a local office shall be filled by either of the following:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 3-13-1-6
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
(2) The county chairman of the political party or a committee comprised of the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the county committee of the party, if all of the following apply:
(A) The county chairman or the committee is authorized to fill vacancies under this chapter by majority vote of the county committee.
(B) The election district for the local office is entirely within one (1) county.
(C) Documentation of the authority given under clause (A) is attached to the certification of candidate selection filed under section 15 of this chapter.
(c) A candidate vacancy for the office of circuit court judge or prosecuting attorney in a circuit having more than one (1) county shall be filled by a caucus comprised of the precinct committeemen who constitute the county committees of the political party for all of the circuit.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-10(b)(1), (b)(2) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.415; P.L.10-1988, SEC.182; P.L.4-1996, SEC.86; P.L.26-2000, SEC.22; P.L.216-2015, SEC.23; P.L.278-2019, SEC.152.