(a) Whenever this title requires that a document declaring or certifying the candidacy of a person be filed with the election division or the secretary of state as a condition for the filing to be effective: (1) a county election board; (2) a circuit court clerk; (3) a county voter registration office; (4) a board of elections and registration; or (5) a town election board; may not accept the filing on behalf of the election division or the secretary of state. (b) A county election board, circuit court clerk, county voter registration office, board of elections and registration, or town election board that accepts a document that is required to be filed with the election division or the secretary of state as a condition for the filing to be effective: (1) may not act as an agent of the election division or the secretary of state; and (2) is not required to transmit the filing to the election division or the secretary of state. (c) If a board, office, or clerk referred to in subsection (a)(1) through (a)(5) accepts a document that is required to be filed with the election division or the secretary of state as a condition for the filing to be effective, the following apply:
§ Ind. Code § 3-5-4-1.2Election division or secretary of state filing delivered to county or local election official is void
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