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. (b) A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate must be filed: (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 (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. The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths. (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: (1) candidacy may be filed for an office that will appear on the primary election ballot; or (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; that year as a result of the new tabulation of population or corrected population count. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-5(a) part.]
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