Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a candidate vacancy for a local office shall be filled by appointment by the county chairman of the political party of the county in which the greatest percentage of the population of the election district is located.

     (b) A candidate vacancy for the office of circuit court judge or prosecuting attorney in a circuit having more than one (1) county shall be filled by a majority vote of the county chairmen of the political party for all of the counties in the circuit.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-11-10.1(b)(1), (b)(2) part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.188.