{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-8-2-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-8-2-4","heading":"Time for filing and execution of declaration of candidacy; declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate","body":"Sec. 4. (a) A declaration of candidacy for a primary election must be filed not later than noon eighty-eight (88) days and not earlier than one hundred eighteen (118) days before the primary election. The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.\n(b) A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate must be filed:\n(1) not earlier than the first date specified in IC 3-8-6-10(b) for the timely filing of a petition of nomination; and\n(2) not later than noon on the date specified by IC 3-13-1-15(c) for a major political party to file a certificate of candidate selection.\nThe declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.\n(c) During a year in which a federal decennial census, federal special census, special tabulation, or corrected population count becomes effective under IC 1-1-3.5, a declaration of:\n(1) candidacy may be filed for an office that will appear on the primary election ballot; or\n(2) intent to be a write-in candidate may be filed for an office that will appear on the general, municipal, or school board election ballot;\nthat year as a result of the new tabulation of population or corrected population count.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 8. CANDIDATES","Chapter 2. Declaration of Candidacy for Federal, State, Legislative, or Local Office in Primary Election"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-8-2-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"f56ebd0421c9388f430432ebe0900af5648d81678b9a702613fcd98d3d1b5616","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-8-2-3","next":"us-in/ic-3-8-2-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}