Sec. 2. (a) This section applies when paper ballots are used. (b) A single square shall be printed in front of a bracket enclosing the names of the nominees for President and Vice President of the United States on the left margin of each separate column of the ballot, immediately opposite the names of the nominees. (c) The device named and list of nominees of the political party whose nominee received the highest number of votes in that county for secretary of state at the last election shall be placed in the first column on the left side of the ballot. The political party whose nominee received the second highest number of votes in that county for secretary of state at the last election shall be placed in the second column. Other political parties shall be placed on the ballot in the same order. (d) If a political party or an independent ticket did not have a candidate for secretary of state in the last election, the party or ticket shall be placed on the ballot after the parties described in subsection (c). If more than one (1) political party or independent ticket that has qualified to be on the ballot did not have a candidate for secretary of state in the last election, each party or independent ticket shall be listed on the ballot in the order in which the party or independent ticket filed a petition of nomination under IC 3-8-6-12. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-12-3 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.172; P.L.3-1993, SEC.96; P.L.58-2005, SEC.10.
IC 3-10-4-2.1 Optical scan ballot card; listing of nominees for President and Vice President of the United States Sec. 2.1. (a) This section applies when an optical scan ballot card is used. (b) The names of the nominees for President and Vice President of the United States for each political party or group of petitioners grouped as described in section 1(b)(3) of this chapter must be: (1) listed together so that a voter is aware that the voter votes for both offices with a single vote; and (2) printed behind or beside a single connectable arrow, oval, circle, or square. (c) The nominees for President and Vice President of the United States must be grouped under the names of the offices in the order established by IC 3-11-13-11. As added by P.L.58-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.4.