Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 6. (a) If a tie vote occurs among a group of chairmen acting under section 4 or 5(b) of this chapter, the state chairman may cast the tiebreaking vote. (b) If a quorum required under the rules of a meeting held under this chapter is not present, the state chairman shall fill…

Sec. 7. (a) The selection of a person as a candidate under this chapter is not effective unless: (1) the person's written consent is obtained and filed: (A) in the office in which certificates and petitions of nomination must be filed; and (B) when the certificate is filed; and (…

Sec. 8. (a) The chairman or chairmen filling a candidate vacancy under this chapter shall immediately file a written certificate of candidate selection on a form prescribed by the election division stating the following information for each candidate selected: (1) The name of eac…

Sec. 9. The election division shall furnish each circuit court clerk of a county in which the election district is located with a certified list of the name and address of each candidate selected under section 8 of this chapter. If a certificate of candidate selection filed with …

Sec. 1. A person who knowingly does any of the following commits a Level 6 felony: (1) Conspires with an individual for the purpose of encouraging the individual to submit a false application for registration. (2) Conspires with an individual for the purpose of encouraging the in…

Sec. 10. A person who recklessly votes at an election, unless the person is a registered voter under the requirements of IC 3-7 at the time of the election, commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10.

Sec. 11. (a) A person who knowingly votes or offers to vote in a precinct except the one in which the person is registered and resides commits a Level 6 felony, except when permitted under IC 3-10-10, IC 3-10-11, or IC 3-10-12. (b) A person who knowingly makes a false statement c…

Sec. 12. A person who: (1) knowingly votes or makes application to vote in an election in a name other than the person's own; or (2) having voted once at an election, knowingly applies to vote at the same election in the person's own name or any other name; commits a Level 6 felo…

Sec. 13. A person who knowingly hires or solicits another person to go into a precinct for the purpose of voting at an election at the precinct when the person hired or solicited is not a voter in the precinct commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P…

Sec. 14. A precinct election officer or public official upon whom a duty is imposed by this title who knowingly: (1) allows a person to vote who is not entitled to vote; or (2) allows a person to vote by use of an unauthorized procedure; commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.…

Sec. 15. A member, an employee, or an agent of a county election board who knowingly delivers a ballot to a person except in the manner prescribed by this title commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.8-1995, SEC.65; P.L.103-2005, SEC.26; P.L.158-…

Sec. 16. A person who knowingly does any of the following commits a Level 6 felony: (1) Applies for or receives a ballot in a precinct other than that precinct in which the person is entitled to vote. (2) Except when receiving assistance under IC 3-11-9, shows a ballot after it i…

Sec. 17. A voter at an election who knowingly writes or places on a ballot a name, sign, or device as a distinguishing mark by which to indicate to any other person how the voter has voted commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.16.

Sec. 18. A voter who knowingly: (1) does anything to enable any other person to see or know for what ticket, candidates, or public questions the voter has voted; or (2) moves into a position, or does any other thing, to enable the voter to see or know for what ticket, candidates,…

Sec. 19. (a) A person who knowingly: (1) forges or falsely makes the official endorsement of a ballot; or (2) prints or circulates an imitation ballot; commits a Level 6 felony. (b) This section does not prohibit the: (1) printing or circulation of a sample ballot or a reproducti…

Sec. 2. A person who, knowing the person is not a voter and will not be a voter at the next election, applies for registration or procures registration as a voter commits a Class C infraction. However, the violation is a Class A misdemeanor if it is committed knowingly or intenti…

Sec. 2.5. A person who does either of the following, knowing that an individual is ineligible to register to vote or to vote, commits absentee ballot fraud, a Level 6 felony: (1) Solicits the individual to complete an absentee ballot application. (2) Solicits the individual to su…

Sec. 20. A person who knowingly: (1) deceives a voter in registering the voter's vote under IC 3-11-8; or (2) registers a voter's vote in a way other than as requested by the voter; commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.468; P.L.158-…

Sec. 21. A person who fraudulently causes a voter at an election to vote for a person different from the one the voter intended to vote for or on a public question different from the vote the voter intended to cast commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended…

Sec. 22. A person who knowingly furnishes a voter who cannot read the English language with a ballot at an election that the person represents to the voter as containing a name different from the one printed or written on it commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1…

Sec. 23. A person entrusted with the custody of ballots who knowingly: (1) opens a package in which the ballots are contained; (2) destroys a ballot; or (3) delivers such a package or ballot to a person not entitled to receive it; commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986,…

Sec. 24. A person who: (1) takes a ballot legally deposited out of a ballot box or out of a voting system for the purpose of destroying the ballot or substituting another ballot in its place; (2) destroys or misplaces a ballot with the intent to substitute another ballot for it o…

Sec. 25. A member of a precinct election board or county election board, a person employed at the central counting headquarters, or a person charged with a duty in connection with an election or entrusted with the custody or control of a ballot either before or after voting who m…

Sec. 26. A person who: (1) during the progress of an election or within the time for preparation required under this title, knowingly breaks open or violates the seal or lock of a ballot box, envelope, container, bag, or voting system component in which ballots have been deposite…

Sec. 27. A precinct election officer at the close of the polls, an absentee ballot counter acting under IC 3-11.5-5 or IC 3-11.5-6, or a provisional ballot counter acting under IC 3-11.7-5 who knowingly: (1) causes the vote to be incorrectly taken down for a candidate or public q…

Sec. 28. A person who: (1) with intent to defraud, alters an election return; (2) knowingly destroys, misplaces, or loses a poll book or tally sheet; or (3) with intent to defraud, alters the vote of a candidate or on a public question as returned by the county election board or …

Sec. 29. A person who knowingly inspects a voting system under IC 3-12-4-18 without: (1) the adoption of an order under IC 3-12-4-18 to conduct the inspection; or (2) the filing of an order adopted under IC 3-12-4-18 with the secretary of state; commits a Level 6 felony. As added…

Sec. 3. A person who: (1) subscribes the name of another person to an affidavit of registration, a petition of nomination, a declaration of candidacy, or application for an absentee ballot knowing that the affidavit, petition, declaration, or application contains a false statemen…

Sec. 30. A person who knowingly votes at a town convention in violation of IC 3-8-5-11(c) commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by P.L.167-2001, SEC.9.

ballot exception Sec. 31. Except for casting a replacement ballot in accordance with this title, a voter who knowingly or intentionally votes more than one (1) ballot in the same election commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.131-2022, SEC.4.

Sec. 4. A person who recklessly registers or offers to register to vote more than once commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10.

Sec. 5. (a) A person who recklessly destroys or fails to deliver an absentee ballot application to the proper officer in accordance with IC 3-11-4 after the application has been executed by another individual in accordance with IC 3-11-4 commits a Class A misdemeanor. (b) A perso…

Sec. 6. A person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly releases or removes any registration materials or information contained in the computerized list maintained under IC 3-7-26.3 from the county voter registration office, except when release or removal is necessary: (1) t…

Sec. 7. A person who knowingly: (1) upon the demand of a poll taker, withholds any information from the poll taker with regard to the qualifications of a voter or person not entitled to vote; (2) furnishes to a poll taker any false information with regard to the qualifications of…

Sec. 8. A poll taker who knowingly returns: (1) the name of a person who is not entitled to vote in the precinct for which the poll is taken at the next election; (2) a fictitious name; or (3) the name of a dead person; commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1…

Sec. 9. A person who knowingly votes or offers to vote at an election when the person is not registered or authorized to vote commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.9.

Sec. 1. As used in this article, "absentee ballot counter" refers to a person designated under IC 3-11.5-4-22. As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. As used in this article, "central location for counting absentee ballots" refers to a location for counting absentee ballots that a county election board must establish under this article. As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC…

Sec. 5. An absentee ballot application or an absentee ballot is considered "sent" to a voter if the application or ballot is: (1) sent by United States mail addressed to the voter; (2) transmitted by fax to a number provided by the voter; or (3) personally given to the voter. As …

Sec. 1. (a) As provided by 52 U.S.C. 21082, this section applies to the following individuals: (1) An individual: (A) whose name does not appear on the registration list; and (B) who is challenged under IC 3-10-1 or IC 3-11-8 after the voter makes an oral or a written affirmation…

Sec. 2. (a) A provisional voter shall do the following: (1) Execute the affidavit described in IC 3-10-1-9 or IC 3-11-8-23. (2) Sign the poll list. (3) Mark the ballot in the presence of no other person, unless the voter requests help in marking a ballot under IC 3-11-9. (4) Fold…

Sec. 3. (a) The precinct election board shall affix to the envelope the challenger's affidavit and the affidavit executed by the provisional voter under section 1 of this chapter. (b) The form of the envelope is prescribed under IC 3-6-4.1-14. The envelope must permit a member of…

Sec. 4. As required by 52 U.S.C. 21082, at the close of the polls, the precinct election board shall do the following: (1) Seal: (A) all the provisional ballots; and (B) any spoiled provisional ballots; of provisional voters other than provisional voters described in section 1(a)…