Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies only to a town described in section 1 of this chapter that conducts an election during an even-numbered year.
(b) A candidate for a town office may be nominated by a major political party by a primary conducted under IC 3-10-1.
(c) A candidate may also be nominated for a town office by:
(1) a declaration of write-in candidacy under IC 3-8-2-4;
(2) a town convention of a political party described in section 17 of this chapter; or
(3) a petition under IC 3-8-6.