Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in this section, voting by proxy is not allowed in a caucus held under this chapter.

     (b) A precinct vice committeeman is entitled to participate in a caucus held under this chapter and vote as a proxy for the vice committeeman’s precinct committeeman if all of the following apply:

(1) The vice committeeman’s precinct committeeman is otherwise eligible to participate in the caucus under this chapter. This subdivision is satisfied if the vacancy to be filled under this chapter resulted from the death of an individual holding a legislative office who also served as a precinct committeeman.

(2) The vice committeeman’s precinct committeeman is not present at the caucus.

(3) The vice committeeman is eligible under this section.

     (c) The vice committeeman of an elected precinct committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus held under this chapter and vote the precinct committeeman’s proxy if the vice committeeman was the vice committeeman five (5) days before the date of the caucus.

     (d) If a vice committeeman is not eligible under subsection (c), the vice committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus held under this chapter and vote the precinct committeeman’s proxy only if the vice committeeman was the vice committeeman thirty (30) days before the vacancy occurred.

     (e) Voting shall be conducted by secret ballot, and IC 5-14-1.5-3(b) does not apply to this chapter.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 2-2.1-2-1 part; 2-2.1-2-2 part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.8-1986, SEC.3; P.L.10-1988, SEC.193; P.L.3-1997, SEC.394; P.L.26-2000, SEC.28; P.L.278-2019, SEC.155.