SCHEDULE FOR CANDIDATE FILINGS AND DEADLINES
Monday, January 4, 2010:
First day a major party candidate for U.S. Senate may file a petition of nomination with the County Voter Registration Office for verification of petition signatures. (CAN-4 US Senate)
First day a minor party candidate (other than a Libertarian Party candidate) or an independent candidate wishing to be placed on the 2010 general election ballot may file a petition of nomination with the County Voter Registration Office for verification of petition signatures. (CAN-19)
First day a Democratic Party, Libertarian Party, or Republican Party candidate may file a declaration of candidacy for nomination to a town office in 2010 at a town convention in a small town (less than 3,500 in population) that elects some or all town offices in 2010. This does not apply to major party candidates (candidates of the Democratic or Republican Party) in a small town that has adopted an ordinance to nominate major party candidates in a primary. (CAN-16)
First day for a person to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate with the Indiana election division or county election board. The name of a write-in candidate may NOT be placed on the primary or general ballot. (NOTE: Write-in candidates may not run in the primary to be nominated as a major party candidate, however, a write-in candidate may run in the primary to be elected as a school board member if the school board member if the school board election is schedules to occur during the primary). (CAN-3)
First day for an individual to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for a school board office elected in the 2010 primary election. (CAN-13)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010:
First day an individual may file with the secretary of state or the Indiana election division a petition for placement on the 2010 primary election ballot as a major party candidate for United States Senator following certification of petition signatures by county voter registration offices. The declaration of candidacy must accompany the petition. (CAN-4 Petition and CAN-2 Declaration of Candidacy)
First day an individual may file a declaration of candidacy with the secretary of state as a major party candidate for nomination in the 2010 primary for federal office, state legislative office, Judicial office, or for prosecuting attorney. (CAN-2)
First day an individual may file a declaration of candidacy with the county election board for nomination as a major party candidate to a local office (except candidates for the offices of judge or prosecuting attorney who file with the Indiana election division) at the 2010 primary election. This declaration must be filed in the office of the county election board. (CAN-2)
First day an individual may file a declaration of candidacy with the county election board for the nomination for a town office for a major party in a town with a population of less than 3,500 that has adopted an ordinance to nominate major party candidates in a primary election and has all or some of its offices on the ballot in 2010. This declaration must be filed in the office of the county election board located in the county seat. (CAN-2)
First day an individual may file a petition of nomination with the county election board for election as a school board member at the 2010 primary election. This declaration must be filed in the office of the county election board located in the county seat of the county containing the greatest percentage of population of the school district. (CAN-34)
First day an individual may file a declaration of candidacy with the county election board for election as a major party state convention delegate at the 2010 primary election. (CAN-37)
First day an individual may file a declaration of candidacy with a county election board for election as a Democratic Party precinct committeeman. (CAN-37)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010:
DEADLINE, by noon, for a major party candidate for U.S. Senate to file a petition of nomination with the county voter registration office for verification of petition signatures. (CAN-4)
Friday, February 19, 2010:
DEADLINE, by noon, for major party candidate for U.S. Senate to file a petition for placement on the 2010 primary election ballot with the secretary of state following certification of petition signatures by the county voter registration office. A declaration of candidacy must accompany the petition for the office of U.S. Senate. (CAN-4 and CAN-2)
DEADLINE, by noon, Indianapolis time, for major party candidate for U.S. Representative, state legislative office, judicial office, or prosecuting attorney to file a declaration of candidacy with the election division for the 2010 primary election. (CAN-2)
DEADLINE, by noon, for major party candidates for all local offices (except candidates for the offices of judge or prosecuting attorney who file with the Indiana election division) to file a declaration of candidacy with the county election board for the 2010 primary election. (CAN-2)
DEADLINE, by noon, for an individual to file a petition of nomination with the county election board for election as a school board member at the 2010 primary election. This declaration must be filed in the office of the county election board located in the county seat of the county containing the greatest percentage of population of the school corporation. (CAN-34)
DEADLINE, by noon, for an individual to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for school board elected in the 2010 primary election. (CAN-13)
DEADLINE, by noon, for an individual to file a declaration of candidacy with a county election board for nomination to a town office by a major political party for towns with a population of less than 3,500 that elect some town council members at 2010 general election and that have adopted an ordinance to nominate candidates for town offices at the primary election. This declaration must be filed in the office of the county election board located in the county seat of the county containing the greatest percentage of population of the town. (CAN-2)
DEADLINE, by noon, for an individual to file a declaration of candidacy with a county election board for election as a major party state convention delegate in the 2010 primary. (CAN-37)
DEADLINE, by noon, for an individual to file a declaration of candidacy with the county election board for election as a Democratic Party precinct committeeman in the 2010 primary. (CAN-37)
Monday, February 22, 2010
DEADLINE, by noon, for an individual to withdraw a declaration of candidacy or a request for ballot placement for the primary or to withdraw a petition to be a candidate for school board or a declaration to be a write-in candidate for school board. (CAN-10)
Friday, February 26, 2010
DEADLINE, by noon, for filing a statement questioning the validity of a declaration of candidacy for nomination in the 2010 primary with the Indiana election division or Circuit Court Clerk. (CAN-1)
DEADLINE, by noon, for filing a statement questioning the validity of a petition of nomination of a candidate for school board in the 2010 primary election with the Circuit Court Clerk. (CAN-1)
DEADLINE, by noon, for filing a statement questioning the validity of a declaration of candidacy of a write-in candidate for school board in the 2010 primary election with the Circuit Court Clerk. (CAN-1)
Friday, March 5, 2010:
DEADLINE for the Indiana election division to transmit to each county election board a certified list containing the name of each person for whom a declaration of candidacy has been filed with the Indiana election division.
Thursday, March 11, 2010:
DEADLINE for the Indiana election commission or county election board to determine the validity of a challenged declaration of candidacy for the primary.
DEADLINE for the county election board to determine the validity of a challenged petition of nomination of a candidate for school board in the primary.
DEADLINE for the county election board to determine the validity of a challenged declaration to be a write-in candidate for school board in the primary.