Indiana State and Local Government

The Green Papers: State and Local Government

Indiana

Governor:	1	(Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period)
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:	10	(2.30% of 435)
2002 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
2004 Electors:	11	(2.04% of 538)
1990 Census:	5,544,156	(2.23% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:	6,090,782	(2.16% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (2000):	4,000,809
Estimated Voting age population (2000):	4,448,000
Capital:	Indianapolis

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States Alphabetically Current Indiana Statewide Office Holders


Official Name/Status All States
	The STATE of Indiana
	Organized as a Territory: 7 May 1800. 2 Stat. 58: effective 4 July 1800; previously, part of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
	Admitted to the Union as a State: 11 December 1816 by a Joint Resolution of Congress (3 Stat. 399)
	The 19th state.


Traditional Sections and Regions All States
	Section: MIDWEST
	Region: Great Lakes
	Survey: Public Domain

Constitutions All States Links to State Constitutions

Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States): 19 April 1816 [3 Stat. 289: authorizing the formation of a State government and Admission thereafter]

• 1st (1816-1851) [Adopted: 29 June 1816 Convention convened, 10 June 1816, Ratified: 29 June 1816 not submitted to the People; effective upon Admission, 11 December 1816]

• 2nd (1851--) [Adopted: 10 February 1851 Convention convened, 7 October 1850, Ratified: 4 August 1851 ratified by vote of 109,319 to 26,755; effective, 1 November 1851]

Executive Branch All States

Chief Executive
	• GOVERNOR
Successor to a Vacancy
	• Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; next in line of succession: President pro Tempore of the State Senate (1816-1851)]

Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide All States 2008 Office holders
	• Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
	• Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Elected on a ticket with Governor.
	• Secretary of State: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
	• Treasurer: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Auditor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
	• Superintendent of Public Instruction: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
	• Clerk of State Supreme Court (--2006): 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002

Legislative Branch All States

Legislature
	• GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Upper House
	• Senate
Lower House
	• House of Representatives

Judicial Branch All States

Court of Last Resort
	• Supreme Court Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: State]
Intermediate Appellate Court
	• Court of Appeals (1890--) Statutory Court [IN: district FOR: State. originally known as "Appellate Court"]

General Trial Jurisdiction
	• Circuit Court Constitutional Court [IN: circuit FOR: county]

Limited Jurisdiction
	• City Court Statutory Court [IN and FOR: city. was originally to be abolished statewide in 1979, but abolition was then delayed by legislative action thru 1982; incorporated cities since have been given local option re: abolishing this court on their own.]
	• Town Court Statutory Court [IN and FOR: town. was originally to be abolished statewide in 1979, but abolition was then delayed by legislative action thru 1982; incorporated towns since have been given local option re: abolishing this court on their own.]
	• Superior Court Statutory Court [IN and FOR: county. optional: usually, but not always, established in counties with no County Court; some counties, however, have both a Superior Court and a County Court.]
	• Municipal Court Statutory Court [IN and FOR: consolidated Marion County-City of Indianapolis]
	• Justices of the Peace (1816-1975) Constitutional Court [IN and FOR: township]
	• County Court (1975--) Statutory Court [IN and FOR: county. optional: originally intended to replace Justices of the Peace in those counties without a Superior Court]
Special Jurisdiction
	• Probate Court Statutory Court [IN and FOR: county. optional]
	• Small Claims Court Statutory Court [IN and FOR: county. optional]

Local Government


PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION All States
	• county [Type: Broad, Executive: Board of Commissioners, Legislative: COUNCIL]
	MINOR CIVIL DIVISION All States
		• township [Type: Limited, Executive: Trustee, Legislative: Board]

Incorporated Municipalities All States

Localities
	• Indiana Civil Divisions and Municipalities


Key Statewide / Federal Officials All States
	Indiana Officials

Statutory Election Information All States

General Election All States
	• 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday of November in even-numbered years. (IN Code 3-5-1-2(1) & 3-10-2-1... in conformity with IN Constitution Article 2, Section 14 (a) )
Presidential Primary All States
	• Same date as the State Primary [1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in May in even-numbered years. (IN Code 3-10-1-3)] in Presidential Election years. (implied by the setup of the Primary Ballot required by IN Code 3-10-1-19)
State Primary All States
	• 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in May in even-numbered years. (IN Code 3-10-1-3)
Polling times All States
	• Polls open: 6 AM local time Polls close: 6 PM local time (IN Code 3-11-8-8) [NOTE: INDIANA is split between the CENTRAL (to the west) and EASTERN (to the east) TIME ZONES. Beginning in the Spring of 2006, all of INDIANA will go on Daylight Savings Time. From 1967 through 2005 the State did not observe Daylight Savings Time in the EASTERN TIME ZONE portions of the State.]

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution
	• http://www.state.in.us/legislative/ic/code/const/
Election Authority
	• Indiana Campaign Finance
	• Indiana Election Commission
Legislature
	• Indiana General Assembly
	• Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus
	• Indiana Senate Republican Caucus
Democratic
	• Indiana Democratic Party
	• Indiana House Democrats
Republican
	• Indiana House Republicans
	• Republican Senate Majority Campaign Committee
	• The Indiana Republican Party
Third Party
	• Boston Tea Party of Indiana
	• Boston Tea Party of Indiana
	• Constitution Party of Indiana
	• Constitution Party of Indiana
	• Indiana Green Party
	• Indiana Right To Life
	• Libertarian Party of Indiana
	• Taxpayers Party
Media & others
	• DC's Political Report - Indiana
	• Decatur Daily Democrat
	• Goshen News
	• Greensburg Daily News
	• Howey Political Report
	• Indianapolis Business Journal
	• InGroup Online - Noblesville
	• Journal and Courier - Lafayette
	• Journal-Gazette - Fort Wayne
	• Kendallville Publishing Company - Northeast Indiana
	• Kokomo Tribune
	• kpaul media - Muncie Free Press - Delaware County
	• Lebanon Reporter
	• NewsLink.org - Indiana
	• Pharos-Tribune - Logansport
	• Politics1.com - Indiana
	• Post-Tribune - Merrillville
	• Reporter-Times - Martinsville
	• South Bend Tribune
	• The Courier Times - New Castle
	• The Evansville Courier & Press
	• The Herald Bulletin - Anderson
	• The Herald-Press - Huntington County
	• The Indianapolis Star
	• The News-Dispatch - Michigan City
	• The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne
	• The Palladium-Item - Richmond
	• The Peru Tribune
	• The Shelbyville News
	• The Star Press - Muncie
	• The Times - Frankfort
	• The Times - Munster
	• The Times - Northwest Indiana / Southeast Chicago
	• The Times-Union - Warsaw
	• The Wabash PlainDealer
	• Times-Mail - Bedford
	• Tri-State Media
	• Tribune Star - Terre Haute
	• WISH TV - CBS - Indianapolis
	• WRTV - ABC - Indianapolis
	• WTHR - NBC - Indianapolis
	• Zionsville Times Sentinel