Sec. 12.9. (a) School board offices to be elected at the general election shall be placed on the general election ballot after the offices described in section 12.4 of this chapter with each candidate for the office designated as “nonpartisan”.

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     (b) If the ballot contains a candidate for a school board office, the ballot must also contain a statement that reads substantially as follows: “To vote for a candidate for this office, make a voting mark on or in the square to the left of the candidate’s name.”.

     (c) Whenever candidates are to be elected to a school board office that includes both an at-large member and a member representing a district, the candidates seeking election as an at-large member shall be placed on the ballot before candidates seeking to represent a district.

As added by P.L.83-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.58-2005, SEC.16; P.L.190-2011, SEC.6; P.L.194-2013, SEC.44; P.L.21-2016, SEC.8; P.L.109-2021, SEC.17.