Indiana § 3-8-7-2 - Certification of primary results by election division
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 3-8-7-2 — Certification of primary results by election division, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-8-7-2. Certification of primary results by election division
Sec. 2. The election division shall, not later than noon seventy-four (74) days before the date of the general election, certify the primary election results canvassed and tabulated under IC 3-10-1-34 for:
(1) candidates for federal and state offices; and
(2) candidates for legislative and local offices who are required to file a declaration of candidacy with the election division under IC 3-8-2;
to the county election board of each county in which the candidates are to be voted for at the next general election. No other form of certification of nomination for the offices is necessary.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-17(f) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.124; P.L.3-1997, SEC.152; P.L.66-2003, SEC.16.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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