Sec. 4. (a) A county election board and a town may enter into a written agreement providing that the county election board will conduct a municipal primary or a municipal election, or both, in the town.
(b) A town that enters into an agreement described in subsection (a) shall continue to nominate candidates by convention conducted under IC 3-8-5 or by petition filed under IC 3-8-6 unless the town nominates candidates in a primary election as provided in IC 3-8-5-2.
(c) An agreement may not be entered into after September 21 of a year in which a municipal election is to be held in the town.
(d) A county election board that enters into an agreement under this section shall conduct the municipal election in the same manner as it conducts a general election in a town that has a population of three thousand five hundred (3,500) or more.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7.6-1(b).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.14; P.L.66-2003, SEC.33; P.L.14-2004, SEC.84.