IC 3-10-7-2.9
Changing the year municipal election is held; ordinance; exception
Sec. 2.9. (a) This section does not apply to a town located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city.
(b) During the year preceding a municipal election conducted under section 2 of this chapter, a town may adopt an ordinance changing the time municipal elections are held for the offices of the town legislative body members, clerk-treasurer, and judge.
(c) The ordinance described in subsection (b) must provide all the following:
(1) The years in which town elections shall be held. A town election may not be held in a year following a year in which an election for electors for President of the United States is held.
(2) That the elections for town offices shall be held during general elections or municipal elections, or both.
(3) Which town officers are to be elected in each of the years of the town election cycle. The ordinance must provide that at least two (2) town officers shall be elected in each year of the town election cycle. The ordinance may provide for all town officers to be elected at the same election.
(4) The term of office of each town officer elected in the first
election cycle after adoption of the ordinance. A term of office set under this subdivision may not exceed four (4) years.
(5) That the term of office of each town officer elected after the first election cycle after adoption of the ordinance is four (4) years.
(6) That the term of office of each town officer begins on January 1 after the election.
(d) A town may repeal an ordinance adopted under subsection (b) subject to both of the following:
(1) The ordinance may not be repealed earlier than twelve (12) years after the ordinance was adopted.
(2) The ordinance may be repealed only in a year preceding a municipal election held at the time described in IC 3-10-6-5.
As added by P.L.9-2004, SEC.16.
IC 3-10-7-3
Municipal elections coinciding with general elections; conduct by county election board
Sec. 3. If a town has established staggered terms for its town council, or has adopted an ordinance under section 2.7 or 2.9 of this chapter, the county election board shall conduct a municipal election in that town that coincides with a general election.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.8-1989, SEC.7; P.L.4-1996, SEC.52; P.L.9-2004, SEC.17.
IC 3-10-7-4
Agreements between county election board and town
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.
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.
IC 3-10-7-5
Town in county having a consolidated city; conduct of election by county election board
Sec. 5. The county election board shall

conduct a municipal election in a town that is located in a county having a consolidated city. The county election board shall conduct the municipal election
in the same manner as it conducts a consolidated city election. However, a town that is subject to this section is not required to reimburse the county for any of the expenses of conducting a municipal election.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6.
IC 3-10-7-5.5
County election board conduct of town election unless town legislative body establishes election board
Sec. 5.5. (a) The county election board shall conduct a municipal election in a town unless the town legislative body adopts a resolution during the period:
(1) beginning January 1; and
(2) ending August 8;
before the municipal election to establish a town election board under this chapter to conduct the municipal election.
(b) The town clerk-treasurer must file a copy of the resolution with the circuit court clerk of the county having the greatest percentage of the population of the town not later than noon August 21 after the resolution is adopted.
(c) A resolution adopted under this section expires December 31 after its adoption.
As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.103. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.85.
IC 3-10-7-6
Municipal office elections; time; restrictions
Sec. 6. (a) A municipal election conducted under this chapter shall be held at the time prescribed by IC 3-10-6.
(b) This subsection applies to a municipal office elected during a municipal or general election. An election may not be held for a municipal office if:
(1) there is only one (1) nominee for the office or only one (1) person has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for the office under IC 3-8-2-2.5; and
(2) no person has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for the office under IC 3-8-2-2.5 that results in a contest for election to the same municipal office.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.11-1987, SEC.4; P.L.4-1991, SEC.56; P.L.8-1992, SEC.13; P.L.3-1995, SEC.89; P.L.4-1996, SEC.53; P.L.14-2004, SEC.86; P.L.225-2011, SEC.48.
IC 3-10-7-6.1
Elections for municipal offices; prohibition
Sec. 6.1. An election may not be held for a municipal office if:
(1) an election is not required under section 6 of this chapter; and
(2) the approval or rejection of a public question is the only other vote that may be cast on the ballot at the municipal election.

IC 3-11-1.5-32

IC 36-4-6-5
Third class cities having populations of less than 10,000; division into four districts; boundaries; alternative division into three districts; voting for legislative body candidates; territory not included in any district or included in more than one district
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to third class cities having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000). The legislative body
of such a city may, by ordinance adopted after June 30, 2010, and during a year in which an election of the legislative body will not occur, decide to be governed by this section instead of section 4 of this chapter. The legislative body districts created by an ordinance adopted under this subsection apply to the first election of the legislative body held after the date the ordinance is adopted. The clerk of the legislative body shall send a certified copy of any ordinance adopted under this subsection to the secretary of the county election board.
(b) This subsection does not apply to a city with an ordinance described by subsection (j). The legislative body shall adopt an ordinance to divide the city into four (4) districts that:
(1) are composed of contiguous territory, except for territory that is not contiguous to any other part of the city;
(2) are reasonably compact;
(3) do not cross precinct boundary lines except as provided in subsection (c) or (d); and
(4) contain, as nearly as is possible, equal population.
(c) The boundary of a city legislative body district may cross a precinct boundary line if:
(1) more than one (1) member of the legislative body elected from the districts established under subsection (b) or (j) resides in one (1) precinct established under IC 3-11-1.5 after the most recent municipal election; and
(2) following the establishment of a legislative body district whose boundary crosses a precinct boundary line, not more than one (1) member of the legislative body elected from the districts resides within the same city legislative body district.
(d) The boundary of a city legislative body district may cross a precinct line if the districts would not otherwise contain, as nearly as is possible, equal population.
(e) A city legislative body district with a boundary described by subsection (c) or (d) may not cross a census block boundary line:
(1) except when following a precinct boundary line; or
(2) unless the city legislative body certifies in the ordinance that the census block has no population, and is not likely to ever have population.
(f) The legislative body may not adopt an ordinance dividing the city into districts with boundaries described by subsection (c) or (d) unless the clerk of the city mails a written notice to the circuit court clerk. The notice must:
(1) state that the legislative body is considering the adoption of an ordinance described by this subsection; and
(2) be mailed not later than ten (10) days before the legislative body adopts the ordinance.
(g) The division under subsection (b) or (j) shall be made:
(1) during the second year after a year in which a federal decennial census is conducted; and
(2) when required to assign annexed territory to a district.
This division may be made at any other time, subject to
IC 3-11-1.5-32.
(h) This subsection does not apply to a city with an ordinance described by subsection (j). The legislative body is composed of four (4) members elected from the districts established under subsection (b) and one (1) at-large member.
(i) This subsection does not apply to a city with an ordinance described by subsection (j). Each voter may vote for one (1) candidate for at-large membership and one (1) candidate from the district in which the voter resides. The at-large candidate receiving the most votes from the whole city and the district candidates receiving the most votes from their respective districts are elected to the legislative body.
(j) A city may adopt an ordinance under this subsection to divide the city into three (3) districts that:
(1) are composed of contiguous territory, except for territory that is not contiguous to any other part of the city;
(2) are reasonably compact;
(3) do not cross precinct boundary lines, except as provided in subsection (c) or (d); and
(4) contain, as nearly as is possible, equal population.
(k) This subsection applies to a city with an ordinance described by subsection (j). The legislative body is composed of three (3) members elected from the districts established under subsection (j) and two (2) at-large members.
(l) This subsection applies to a city with an ordinance described by subsection (j). Each voter of the city may vote for two (2) candidates for at-large membership and one (1) candidate from the district in which the voter resides. The two (2) at-large candidates receiving the most votes from the whole city and the district candidates receiving the most votes from their respective districts are elected to the legislative body.
(m) This subsection applies to a city having a population of less than seven thousand (7,000). A legislative body of such a city that has, by resolution adopted before May 7, 1991, decided to continue an election process that permits each voter of the city to vote for one (1) candidate at large and one (1) candidate from each of its four (4) council districts may hold elections using that voting arrangement. The at-large candidate and the candidate from each district receiving the most votes from the whole city are elected to the legislative body. The districts established in cities adopting such a resolution may cross precinct boundary lines.
(n) A copy of the ordinance establishing districts under this section must be filed with the circuit court clerk of the county that contains the greatest population of the city not later than thirty (30) days after the ordinance is adopted.
(o) If any territory in the city is not included in one (1) of the districts established under this section, the territory is included in the district that:
(1) is contiguous to that territory; and
(2) contains the least population of all districts contiguous to
that territory.
(p) If any territory in the city is included in more than one (1) of the districts established under this section, the territory is included in the district that:
(1) is one (1) of the districts in which the territory is described in the ordinance adopted under this section;
(2) is contiguous to that territory; and
(3) contains the least population of all districts contiguous to that territory.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.73, SEC.8; Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.44; P.L.13-1988, SEC.18; P.L.5-1989, SEC.103; P.L.7-1990, SEC.60; P.L.4-1991, SEC.142; P.L.1-1992, SEC.185; P.L.3-1993, SEC.267; P.L.230-2005, SEC.87; P.L.113-2010, SEC.121.