IC 3-13-11-5: Members of caucus; eligibility

Sec. 5. (a) To be eligible to be a member of a caucus under this chapter, a precinct committeeman must satisfy the following:

(1) Be a member of the same political party that elected or selected the person who vacated the office to be filled.

(2) Be the precinct committeeman of a precinct in which voters were eligible to vote for the person who vacated the office to be filled at the last election conducted or permitted for the office.

(3) Satisfy the other requirements of this section.

An elected precinct committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus called under this chapter, regardless of when the vacancy in the office occurred.

(b) An appointed precinct committeeman is eligible to participate in a caucus called under this chapter if the precinct committeeman was a precinct committeeman thirty (30) days before the vacancy occurred.

(c) If fewer than two (2) persons are eligible to be members of a caucus under this section, the county chairman entitled to give notice of a caucus under section 3 of this chapter shall fill the vacancy, no later than thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs. A chairman acting under this subsection is not required to conduct a caucus.