Sec. 2.1. (a) As used in this section, “county election board” includes a board of elections and registration established under IC 3-6-5.2.

     (b) The voters of the school corporation shall elect the members of the governing body at a general election for a term of four (4) years. The members shall be elected from the city at large without reference to district.

     (c) Each candidate for election to the governing body must file a petition of nomination with the county election board in each county in which a school corporation subject to this chapter is located. The petition of nomination must comply with IC 3-8-2.5 and the following requirements:

(1) The petition must be signed by at least two hundred (200) legal voters of the school corporation.

(2) Each petition may nominate only one (1) candidate.

(3) The number of petitions signed by a legal voter may not exceed the number of school trustees to be elected.

     (d) After all the petitions described in subsection (c) are filed with the county election board, the board shall publish the names of those nominated in accordance with IC 5-3-1 and shall certify the nominations in the manner required by law. IC 3 governs the election to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this chapter.

     (e) The county election board shall prepare the ballot for the general election at which members of the governing body are to be elected so that the names of the candidates nominated appear on the ballot:

(1) in alphabetical order;

(2) without party designation; and

(3) in the form prescribed by IC 3-11-2.

     (f) The county election board shall not publish or place on the ballot the name of a candidate who is not eligible under this chapter for membership on the governing body.

     (g) Each voter may vote for as many candidates as there are members of the governing body to be elected.

As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.25.