The following offices will be listed on the primary election ballot on May 6, 2008:
Incumbents are listed in (parenthesis).
The Offices of Vice-President of the United States, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction are not nominated at a primary election, they are nominated at convention before placement on the 2008 general election ballot.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO BE A CANDIDATE
The following statutes apply to all candidates:
I.C. 3-8-1-1 provides that: (b) A person is not qualified to run for (1) a state office; (2) a legislative office; (3) a local office; or (4) a school board office; unless the person is registered to vote in the election district the person seeks to represent not later than the deadline for filing the declaration or petition of candidacy or certificate of nomination.
I.C. 3-8-1-5(c) provides that: "A person is disqualified from assuming or being a candidate for an elected office if:....(3) in a " (A) jury trial, a jury publicly announces a verdict against the person for a felony; (B) bench trial trial, the court publicly announces a verdict against the person for a felony; or (C) guilty plea hearing, the person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a felony."
The following qualifications are office specific:
President/Vice-President: Article 2, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution provides that: "No person except a natural-born citizen.......shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years and been fourteen years a resident within the United States."
Governor/Lieutenant Governor: (1) must have been a United States citizen for at least five (5) years before the election; (2) must have resided in the state for at least five (5) years before the election; (3) must be (30) years old upon taking office; and (4) may not hold any other office of the United States or of this state upon taking office.
Indiana State Senator: (1) must be a United States citizen at the time of election; (2) must have resided in the state for at least two (2) years and in the senate district for at least one (1) year before the election; and (3) must be at least twenty-five (25) years old upon taking office.
Indiana State Representative: (1) must be a United States citizen at the time of the election; (2) must have resided in the state for at least two (2) years and in the house district for at lease one (1) year before the election; and (3) must be at least twenty-one (21) years old upon taking office.
Superior Court Judge: (1) Must be admitted to the practice of law in Indiana upon filing a declaration of candidacy or petition of nomination, or upon the filing of candidate selection under IC 3-13-1-15 or IC 3-13-2-8; and (2) comply with any other requirement for that office set forth in IC 33-29, IC 33-33, or IC 33-31. To be eligible to hold office as a Superior Court Judge, a person must be : (1) a resident of the county in which the court is located; (2) less that seventy (70) years of age at the time the judge takes office; and (3) admitted to practice law in Indiana.
County Treasurer, County Coroner, County Surveyor: Must have resided in the county for at least one (1) year before the election.
County Commissioner, County Council Member: (1) Must have resided in the county for at least one (1) year before the election; and (2) must have resided in the district in which seeking election, if applicable, for at least six (6) months before the election.
School Board Member: (1) Must have resided in the school corporation for at least one (1) year before the election; (2) must have resided in the election district for at least one (1) year before the election.