Sec. 12.4. (a) This section applies whenever more than one (1) candidate may be elected to an office.

     (b) The office shall be placed on the general election ballot after the offices described in section 12 of this chapter and before the offices described in section 12.9 of this chapter.

     (c) Whenever candidates are to be elected to a county council, city common council, or town council 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.

     (d) The ballot shall contain a statement reading substantially as follows above the name of the first candidate: “To vote for any candidate for this office, you must make a voting mark for each candidate you wish to vote for. A straight party vote will not count as a vote for any candidate for this office.”.

As added by P.L.21-2016, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.109-2021, SEC.16.