Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a plan must provide a vote center for use by voters residing within the county for use in a primary election, general election, special election, municipal primary, or municipal election conducted on or after the effective date of the county election board’s order.

     (b) A plan may provide that a vote center will not be used in a municipal election conducted in 2023, 2027, 2031, 2035, 2039, 2043, and every four (4) years thereafter for some or all of the towns:

(1) located within the county; and

(2) having a population of less than three thousand five hundred (3,500).

     (c) This section does not apply in a town that has established a town election board under IC 3-10-7-5.7 while the resolution established under IC 3-10-7-5.7 is in effect.

As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.64-2014, SEC.60; P.L.201-2017, SEC.31; P.L.278-2019, SEC.116; P.L.193-2021, SEC.68; P.L.141-2023, SEC.17.