Sec. 13. (a) A county election board shall fill a vacancy in a precinct election office before the hour set for the opening of the polls, upon the nomination of the appropriate county chairman.
(b) This subsection applies to a precinct election office when, at noon, twenty-one (21) days before election day, the appropriate county chairman has made no nomination for the office. The county election board, by majority vote of the board, may fill the office by appointing an individual who would be eligible to serve in the office if nominated by the county chairman.
(c) If a vacancy is filled by the county election board under subsection (b), the board may, by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board, fill the office by appointing a student:
(1) enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution (including a community college); and
(2) who is a registered voter of the county;
to serve as a nonpartisan precinct election officer.
(d) If a vacancy is filled by the county election board under subsection (b) (other than inspector), the board may, by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board, fill the office by appointing a person eligible to serve as a precinct election officer (other than inspector) under section 39 of this chapter.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-5-11 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.13; P.L.126-2002, SEC.19; P.L.209-2003, SEC.18; P.L.14-2004, SEC.10; P.L.2-2007, SEC.10; P.L.194-2013, SEC.5; P.L.108-2021, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers
Chapter 6. Precinct Election Officers
3-6-6-1. Precinct Election Board; Members; Appointment; Chairman
3-6-6-2. Poll Clerks; Appointment
3-6-6-3. Assistant Poll Clerks; Appointment
3-6-6-4. Precincts for Which Assistant Clerks Appointed; Resolution
3-6-6-5. Election Sheriffs; Appointment
3-6-6-5.5. Precinct Election Officers in Vote Center Counties
3-6-6-6. Election Officers Entitled to Vote
3-6-6-7. Requirements for Election Officers and Inspectors
3-6-6-8. Inspector; Nomination by County Chairman
3-6-6-9. Election Officers; Nomination by County Chairmen
3-6-6-11. Appointment of Persons Nominated; Nonapplicability to Office of Precinct Inspector
3-6-6-12. Removal of Disqualified Precinct Election Officer
3-6-6-14. Filling Vacancy by Remaining Members
3-6-6-15. Notification of Appointment
3-6-6-16. Filling Vacancy; Approval or Nomination by County Chairman; Issuance of Credentials
3-6-6-17. Delivery of Office to Person Appointed by County Election Board
3-6-6-18. Inspector or Judge; Requirement of Oath
3-6-6-19. Taking and Administering Oath
3-6-6-20. Administering of Oath When No Authorized Person Present
3-6-6-22. Jurat of Person Administering Oath; Attachment of Oath to Poll List
3-6-6-23. Form of Oath for Precinct Election Officers
3-6-6-26. Additional Compensation for Inspector
3-6-6-27. County Executive to Fix Compensation; Exception
3-6-6-28. Eligibility for Compensation; Compliance With Certain Statutes
3-6-6-29. Determination of Good Cause for Violation of Ic 3-12-2-7
3-6-6-30. Duties of Precinct Election Board
3-6-6-31. Meals or Meal Allowances
3-6-6-32. Precincts Using Paper Ballots; Initialing and Giving Out Ballots; Duties of Clerks
3-6-6-33. Tallying Votes; Signing Returns or Other Certificates
3-6-6-34. Precincts Using Paper Ballots; Duties of Poll Clerks and Assistant Poll Clerks
3-6-6-35. Duties of Election Sheriffs
3-6-6-36. Law Enforcement Officers Prohibited From Polls
3-6-6-38. Omitted Precinct Election Officers; Vacancy in Office of Sheriff
3-6-6-38.5. Inspectors; Shared Location
3-6-6-39. Certain Students Serving as Election Officers and Assistants
3-6-6-40. Training Precinct Election Officers; Content of Training; Training Waiver