1. (a) A person who is a candidate for elected office or a member of a candidate's committee may not be appointed as:

   1. (1) a member of a county election board;
   2. (2) a proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of this chapter; or
   3. (3) an alternate proxy of record for a member under section 4.5 of this chapter.

2. (b) If an appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy becomes:

   1. (1) a candidate for elected office; or

   2. (2) a member of a candidate's committee;

      the member, proxy, or alternate proxy may not continue to serve on the county election board.

3. (c) An appointed member, a proxy, or an alternate proxy may not hold elected office while serving on the county election board.

4. (d) The circuit court clerk may not be a member of a candidate's committee other than the clerk's own candidate's committee.

   [Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-4-2 part; 3-1-4-10(a) part, (b) part, (c).]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.24; P.L.3-1997, SEC.34; P.L.9-2004, SEC.2; P.L.230-2005, SEC.6.