{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-12-8-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-12-8-1","heading":"Persons entitled to contest","body":"Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to a challenge filed before an election to the eligibility of a candidate nominated by petition for election to an office. The challenge described by this subsection must be conducted in accordance with IC 3-8-1-2.\n(b) Any candidate for nomination or election to a local or school board office may contest the nomination or election of a candidate who is declared nominated or elected to the office, except a candidate who:\n(1) receives the most votes in a primary election; and\n(2) is certified as deceased under IC 3-8-7-1.\n(c) If a candidate who is entitled to contest the nomination or election of a candidate under this chapter does not file a petition within the period established by section 5 of this chapter, the county chairman of a political party of which the candidate entitled to file a petition under this chapter was a member may file a petition to contest the nomination or election of a candidate. A county chairman is entitled to contest an election under this chapter only in a partisan race.\n(d) This subsection applies to an election for a school board office. If there is no candidate who is entitled to contest the election of another candidate to a school board office, a voter of the school corporation may file a petition to contest the election of the candidate.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 12. ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS","Chapter 8. Contest Procedures for Nomination for or Election to Local or School Board Offices"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-12-8-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"297b7617312e413e1e9d329a64feb2e47db665feb32361680531423faee9e209","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-12-6-33","next":"us-in/ic-3-12-8-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}