Sec. 10. (a) To be eligible to participate in a
caucus called under section 4, 5, or 6 of this chapter, an elected precinct committeeman must be entitled to vote for the office for which a candidate is to be selected. An elected precinct committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus called under this chapter, regardless of when the ballot vacancy occurred.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 3-13-1-10
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
(c) For purposes of a candidate vacancy resulting from the failure of a candidate to be nominated at a primary at which precinct committeemen were elected, an appointed precinct committeeman is eligible to serve if the committeeman has been reappointed following the primary in accordance with the rules of the committeeman’s political party.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-10(f).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.417; P.L.10-1988, SEC.185; P.L.5-1989, SEC.66; P.L.38-1999, SEC.63; P.L.176-1999, SEC.114; P.L.26-2000, SEC.23; P.L.230-2005, SEC.63; P.L.216-2015, SEC.26.
