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01/13/1972
Letter
Letter from Indiana secretary of state Larry
A. Conrad outlining rules for presidential
primaries.
Friday, April 04, 2008
Page 1 of 1
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EXECUTIVE
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STATE OF INDIANA
PL/STIH
INDIANAPOLIS 46204
LARRY Al CONRAD
SECRETARY OF STATE
NM
January 13, 1972
President Richard M. Nixon
White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
The State of Indiana will hold a presidential preference primary on May 2,
1972. In order to assist those persons who have announced their candidacy for
the office of the President of the United States and those individuals whose names
have been frequently mentioned as giving consideration to a candidacy for that
office, my office is sending pertinent information on the Indiana primary to those
individuals.
Under Indiana law, any candidate for the office of the Presidency who wishes
to enter the Indiana primary must, either personally or through his representative,
file a written request with the Secretary of State of Indiana requesting that
his name be placed on the primary ballot or voting machine under the party label
of the party whose nomination the candidate is seeking. The request must be
filed at least 40 and not more than 70 days before the primary. The filing period
for 1972 is February 22 to March 23. The request must be accompanied by a petition
and counterparts thereof, signed by at least 5500 registered voters of the State,
of which at least 500 signatures must come from each Congressional District.
At least 37 days before the primary the Secretary of State shall transmit to
the clerk of the circuit court of each county a certified list containing the
names of each person qualified as a candidate and the name of the party whose
nomination said candidate is seeking. The Secretary of State shall certify to
the chairman of each political party the result of the presidential vote of the
candidates of such party, which result shall be reported by the chairman to the
state convention held by such party.
Candidates in the presidential primary are also subject to the State's
Corrupt Practices Act. They are subject to an expenditure limitation of $25,000
except that they may pay personally in additon to said sum, their own expenses
for postage, letters, circular letters, telegrams, telephoning, stationery,
printing, advertising, publishing, expressage, traveling and board. They shall
not be required to file statements of contributions and expenditures, but political
agents and/or treasurers acting for them shall.
A candidate may, at his discretion, appoint a political agent, in writing,
which appointment shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county
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JAN2 0 1972
CENTRAL FILES
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of residence of the political agent. Candidates and political agents may receive
contributions and make expenditures pursuant to law. A political agent must file
an itemized report with the clerk of the circuit court of his county of residence
within 45 days after the election. If a political committee is formed to aid the
candidate, it must be in writing and filed with the clerk of the circuit court
of the county of residence of the treasurer. The treasurer must also execute
a bond to be filed with the same official. The treasurer shall receive contri-
butions and make disbursements on behalf of the committee, and must file an
itemized report with the clerk of the circuit court of his county. A treasurer may
appoint a subtreasurer for every or for several precincts, and such subtreasurers
must also report to the clerk of the circuit court of their county of residence
within 45 days after an election.
Political committees may assess candidates before primaries or conventions
the necessary costs and expenses of holding a primary or convention. National
committees may appoint a treasurer or agents in Indiana, which appointment shall
be filed in writing with the Secretary of State by the national committee
chairman, to receive contributions for the party from the state. Within 45
days after the primary or election for which such person is appointed, he shall
file an account of contributions received, with the Secretary of State, and of
disbursements made to treasurers of state, district, county or city central
committees. Such latter party committees may receive such contributions and
expend such funds for purposes authorized by Indiana law. Superior party
committees in the state may make contributions for such purposes to inferior
party committees in the state. Such committees shall also file reports as in
the preceding paragraph.
Lawful expenditures by a treasurer or political agent in connection with
election or primary election are as follows:
(a) Necessary cost of hiring halls and music for conventions, public
meetings and public primaries and for advertising same and decorating
said halls;
(b) Printing and circulating political articles, circulars, circular
letters, plate and electrotype matter, candidates' cards, pamphlets
and books including payment of subscriptions to newspapers or periodicals
containing political articles to be circulated among voters;
(c) Printing and distributing sample or specimen ballots and instructions
to voters;
(d) Renting rooms and headquarters to be used by political committees,
agents treasurers, or subtreasurers, and paying for all clerical
assistance and labor employed therein;
(e) Compensating clerks, stenographers, typists, and other assistants
employed in the committee rooms, or on the business of the committee
outside of said committee rooms, and also of challengers, watchers,
messengers, and workers employed in or at the registration rooms, in
the voting rooms and at the polls, and the cost and expenses of any
primary convention or mass convention held under laws of Indiana;
(f) Traveling and other legitimate expenses of political agents, committees
and public speakers, including reasonable compensation for the chairman
and secretary of the state and other central committees and the costs
of treasurers' bonds;
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(g) Making poll books, copies of registration lists, and compiling in-
formation or data with respect to the qualifications of voters, or
their political affiliations, or any other information of a political
character;
(h) Necessary postage, telegrams, telephoning, printing expenses, and
conveyance charge for carrying ill and infirm persons to and from
the places of registration;
(i) Necessary cost of equipping, furnishing, and maintaining committee
rooms, and headquarters and places of meeting for political committees,
agents and treasurers, both during and after political campaigns,
if it shall be desired to maintain permanent headquarters;
(j) Cost and expenses of messengers for party matters, and of persons
summoned in regard to party matters, and also accommodations and
entertainment for all such persons;
(k) Expenses in providing transportation, accommodations, or entertainment
for members of central committees when connected with party matters;
(1) Cost and expenses of political parades, meetings, and demonstrations,
and the equipment and compensation of a political bank or drum corps;
(m) Cost of political buttons, lithographs, banners, and other political
advertising matter.
The Indiana statutes prohibit the solicitation of funds from candidates by
various organizations and persons, prohibit the solicitation of funds from cor-
porations by candidates, and prohibit political contributions by corporations and
labor unions.
Although the preferential vote for President is not directly connected with
the selection of delegates who are chosen at the state convention, the results of
the preferential vote are certified to the state convention, and by statute, a
duty is imposed on delegates chosen to support the people's preference as expressed
at the primary, as shown below:
It shall be the duty of any delegate or alternate delegate selected from any
congressional district of the State, to the national convention held by
such party to support on the first ballot at the national convention the
candidate for President who received the highest number of votes at the
primary election in such congressional district, providing such person is
in fact a candidate at such convention. It shall be the duty of any dele-
gate at large or alternate delegate at large to the national convention
held by such party to support the candidate for President who received
the highest number of votes in the entire State at the primary election
on the first ballot at the national convention provided that such person
is in fact a candidate at such convention.
The Office of the Secretary of State is located in Room 201 of the State
House in Indianapolis. Office hours are from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The tele-
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phone number is area code 317/633-6531. Enclosed are the forms necessary for
filing.
If my office can be of further assistance to you, please let me know. Miss
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Sharon Asher, the Elections Deputy on my staff, would be happy to be of assistance
to you also.
With best wishes,
Sincerely
me
ARRY A. CONRAD
SECRETARY OF STATE