Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 1. A person must: (1) be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the next general, municipal, or special election; (2) be a United States citizen; and (3) reside in a precinct continuously before a general, municipal, or special election for at least thirty (30) days; to regi…

Sec. 10. (a) After a general or municipal election is conducted, the registration period resumes on the following December 1 (or the first Monday in December if December 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday). (b) Except as provided in IC 3-7-36 for absent uniformed services voters and…

Sec. 11. A person desiring to register or transfer a registration may do so at the office of the circuit court clerk or board of registration through the close of business on the twenty-ninth day before the election is scheduled to occur. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Sec. 12. Except as otherwise provided in this article, if a county voter registration office receives a properly completed registration application during a time other than the registration period described in section 10 of this chapter, the county voter registration office may e…

Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when an individual registers to vote, the individual must provide the individual's driver's license number issued under IC 9-24-11, as provided under 52 U.S.C. 21083. (b) If an individual does not have a driver's license…

Sec. 2. A person who, on the day of the next general, municipal, or special election, will meet the age and residency requirements of section 1 of this chapter may register and vote in the primary election. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a person who: (1) on the day of the next general, municipal, or special election, will meet the age and residency requirements of section 1 of this chapter; and (2) does not meet the age or residency requirements on primary election day. (b) A …

Sec. 4. (a) A person who is: (1) convicted of a crime; and (2) imprisoned following conviction; is deprived of the right of suffrage by the general assembly pursuant to Article 2, Section 8 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. (b) A person described in subsection (a) is i…

Sec. 5. A person described in section 4 of this chapter who is otherwise qualified to register under this article is eligible to register when the person is no longer: (1) imprisoned; or (2) otherwise subject to lawful detention. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.19…

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to a person who is: (1) otherwise qualified to register under this article; and (2) not imprisoned or subject to lawful detention. (b) A person described in subsection (a) who is: (1) on probation; (2) on parole; (3) subject to home detention unde…

Sec. 7. A registration or transfer of registration executed in conformity with prior law remains valid until canceled under this article. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a voter: (1) who is a resident of a precinct; and (2) whose name appears on the registration record of a precinct. (b) A person described in subsection (a) is not required to register again as long as: (1) the voter continues to reside at the s…

Sec. 9. During a registration period, only those voters whose names do not appear on the registration record of the precincts of a county must register or request a transfer of previous registration. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each precinct where voting is by ballot card voting system. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-3(c) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.302.

Sec. 10. (a) This subsection applies when the county election board provides a precinct with a printed sample ballot under section 9 of this chapter. The appropriate precinct election officers shall post sample ballots near the entrance to the polls on election day and see that t…

Sec. 10.5. For purposes of this chapter, an electronic device that is not an electronic poll book may be used at a precinct or vote center to display a sample ballot. For purposes of certification of voting systems under this article, an electronic device, the only function of wh…

Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2027. Sec. 11. (a) The ballot information, whether placed on the ballot card or on the marking device, must be in the order of arrangement provided for ballots under …

Sec. 11.5. A public question printed on a ballot shall be set forth without any quotation marks preceding or following the text of the public question. As added by P.L.109-2021, SEC.46.

Sec. 12. If ballot labels consist of a number of separate pages, the office title with a statement of the number of candidates to be voted for may be printed above or at the side of the name of each candidate for that office. Except in a primary election, the political party desi…

Sec. 13. If there are more candidates for an office than can be printed on one (1) ballot page, the ballot label shall be clearly marked that the list of candidates is continued on the following page. Arrows and numbers may be used to indicate the place to vote for each candidate…

Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2027. Sec. 14. (a) In partisan elections, the ballot labels must include a voting square or position where a voter may by one (1) voting mark on each card record a st…

election Sec. 16. If a county election board requires that the names of candidates for nomination at a primary election be rotated alphabetically on the marking devices, then the names shall be rotated by precincts in regular serial sequence, so that each name of a list or group …

Sec. 17. Each county election board shall provide each precinct where a ballot card voting system is used with a sufficient number of ballot cards of the size, design, and stock suitable for processing by automatic data processing machines. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-…

Sec. 18. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the county election board in a county using a ballot card voting system shall provide ballot cards to the precinct election board that permit voters to cast write-in votes for each officer to be voted for at that election. (b) Th…

Sec. 19. (a) Each circuit court clerk shall have printed on each ballot used in a precinct the precinct number or designation. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), each circuit court clerk shall print or stamp the precinct number or designation and a line for each p…

Sec. 2. A county election board may use an approved ballot card voting system: (1) in any election; (2) in all or in some of the precincts within a political subdivision holding an election; and (3) instead of or in combination with any other voting method. [Pre-1986 Recodificati…

Sec. 21. In a primary election, the ballot cards of each political party must be distinctively marked or be of a different color so that the ballot cards of each party are easily distinguishable. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(d) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. …

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 22. (a) This section applies to: (1) a ballot card voting system; and (2) a voting system that includes features of a ballot card voting system and a direc…

Sec. 23. (a) The two (2) appointed members of the county election board shall observe the test required by section 22 of this chapter and certify the test as meeting the requirements of section 22 of this chapter. (b) A copy of the certification of the test conducted under sectio…

Sec. 24. (a) This subsection applies to a ballot card voting system. The test required by section 22 of this chapter must: (1) be conducted by processing a preaudited group of ballot cards marked so as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each…

Sec. 24.5. Immediately following the completion of the test required by section 22 of this chapter, the county election board shall enter the vote totals from the voting system tabulator tested under this chapter into the component of the voting system used by the county election…

and correction Sec. 25. If an error is detected during the test required by section 22 of this chapter, the cause of the error shall be determined and corrected, and an errorless count shall be made before the automatic tabulating machines are approved. [Pre-1986 Recodification C…

Sec. 26. After completion of the count, the tabulating machines shall be sealed as provided in IC 3-12-3-10. The ballot cards and all other election materials shall be sealed, retained, and disposed of as provided for paper ballots. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(f) p…

Sec. 26.5. (a) Each county election board may make available at convenient places throughout the county ballot card voting systems for the instruction of the voters. The board shall locate the systems at places where people usually assemble, such as shopping centers. The board sh…

Sec. 27. (a) After the delivery of a ballot card voting system to a precinct or vote center, the precinct election board may meet at the polls on the same day and open the package containing the sample ballot cards, to determine whether the system is ready for use in accordance w…

Sec. 27.5. At the opening of the polls, after the organization of and in the presence of the precinct election board, the inspector shall: (1) open the packages of ballot cards in a manner that preserves the seals intact; (2) deliver fifty (50) of each of the state and local ball…

Sec. 28.1. (a) This section does not apply: (1) to a ballot card voted by absentee ballot; or (2) in a county using an electronic poll book and a printer separate from the electronic poll book. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the two (2) poll clerks of each precinct sha…

Sec. 28.2. (a) This section: (1) does not apply to a ballot card voted by absentee ballot; and (2) applies in a vote center county using an electronic poll book and a printer separate from the electronic poll book. (b) The printed initials of the poll clerks captured through the …

Sec. 28.5. (a) Unless challenged, a voter may proceed to vote. (b) This subsection does not apply in a precinct where a marking device for an optical scan ballot is being used. As each successive voter calls for a ballot, the poll clerks shall deliver to the voter the first initi…

Sec. 28.7. (a) The two (2) poll clerks of each precinct shall place their initials in ink on the secrecy envelope of a ballot card (or on the fold-over part of a ballot card described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter) at the time the card is issued to a voter. The initials mus…

Sec. 29. (a) In addition to the instructions printed on the ballot card or ballot labels, instructions to voters shall be posted in each voting booth or placed on the marking device. Each voter shall be instructed by both judges, on request, on how to operate the voting device be…

Sec. 3. A ballot card voting system may be used at a primary election only if the automatic tabulating machines for the system will: (1) count only votes for the candidates of one (1) political party; (2) reject all votes for an office when the number of votes for the office exce…

Sec. 30. When a voter is handed a ballot card, the voter shall be instructed to: (1) use only the marking device provided for marking the cards and that the voter is not to mark a card in any other way; (2) be certain that the initials of the poll clerks appear on the voter's car…

Sec. 31. If necessary, a precinct election officer shall assist a voter in determining if the proper initials appear on a ballot card. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(e) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7.

Sec. 31.5. (a) The exterior of a voting booth or compartment and each area of the polls must be in plain view of the precinct election board. Each voting booth or compartment shall be placed so that a person voting on the opposite side of the railing or a person on the outside of…

Sec. 31.6. Whenever a ballot card voting system is used in a precinct and a ballot form prescribed by this title refers to a voting mark, the county election board shall approve voting instructions indicating that a specific type of marking device is employed on the system to ind…