Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to a voter registration application that is received by a county voter registration office after the date specified for filing the application under IC 3-7-32-8. (b) In determining the eligibility of the applicant, the county voter registration …

Sec. 5.7. (a) The statewide voter registration system must contain a feature that identifies: (1) potential nonresidential addresses submitted on voter registration applications; and (2) voter registrations in the statewide voter registration system that list a potential nonresid…

Sec. 6. As provided by 52 U.S.C. 20505(d), if: (1) the county voter registration office mails a notice of the disposition of a voter registration application under section 5(b) of this chapter by nonforwardable mail; and (2) the notice is returned as undeliverable, after the appl…

Sec. 8. Upon receiving a paper document that creates, amends, or cancels the voter registration record of an individual in the computerized list maintained under IC 3-7-26.3, the county voter registration office shall scan the paper document and attach the scanned image to the vo…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a county voter registration office receives a registration form that is not properly completed under: (1) IC 3-7 or 52 U.S.C. 21083; or (2) is filed in an incorrect county. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.209-2003, SEC.53; P.L.81-…

Sec. 1.5. (a) For purposes of this chapter, a registration form is "incomplete" if the applicant does not provide any of the following: (1) The name of the applicant. (2) The residence address of the applicant (other than the ZIP code). (3) The mailing address of the applicant (o…

Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "registration form" includes an application for registration or a request to transfer the voter's registration to another address. As added by P.L.81-2005, SEC.20.

Sec. 10. Whenever the election division receives authorization to cancel a registration for a resident of a county in Indiana, the election division shall forward the cancellation on an expedited basis to the county voter registration office. To comply with this section, the elec…

Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to a county with a board of registration. (b) If the circuit court clerk receives a registration form for a resident of the county, the clerk shall promptly forward the form to the board of registration. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.44.

Sec. 12. If the registration form is not compatible with the county's voter registration files of original voter registration affidavits, the county voter registration office may reproduce the form for the county's system and retain the original form to document the registration.…

Sec. 13. (a) If a registration form complies with section 9(c) of this chapter and is received after the certified list has been prepared under IC 3-7-29 or the information required to be available on an electronic poll list has been downloaded onto an electronic poll book for us…

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies when a county voter registration office receives a registration form that is not fully and properly completed so that the county voter registration office can: (1) administer voter registration and other parts of the election process (as provided …

Sec. 3. (a) This subsection applies to a registration form that is incomplete as a result of the failure of the applicant to answer either of the questions set forth in IC 3-7-22-5(3) or IC 3-7-22-5(4). If the county voter registration office obtains a written statement made unde…

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an absent uniformed services voter who submits a registration application less than ten (10) days before the election under IC 3-7-36. (b) Not later than ten (10) days before the election, the county voter registration office shall certi…

Sec. 4.5. (a) This section applies to an application that is incomplete under section 1.5(b) of this chapter. (b) If the application contains all the information required to be supplied by the voter, but does not include: (1) information required to be supplied by an individual w…

Sec. 5. (a) If a registration form contains all of the information required to be supplied by the voter, but does not include the information required to be supplied by the bureau of motor vehicles commission, the county voter registration office shall promptly make one (1) effor…

Sec. 6. If the county voter registration office obtains the information under section 5 of this chapter required to complete the form, the county voter registration office shall process the form under this article. If the county voter registration office cannot obtain the informa…

Sec. 7. (a) The county voter registration office shall certify to the NVRA official on an expedited basis a list of the registration forms that have been processed under section 6 of this chapter but do not contain information required to be supplied by the bureau of motor vehicl…

Sec. 8. The county election board shall notify the NVRA official if an officer, a commission, or an agency does not comply with section 7 of this chapter. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.65.

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies when a county voter registration office receives a registration form for a voter whose address is: (1) located in Indiana; and (2) not located in the county where the county voter registration office is located. (b) The county voter registration o…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a circuit court clerk or board of registration receives a registration form from an individual who is eligible to register under this article but is less than eighteen (18) years of age. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.45.

Sec. 2.1. The county voter registration office shall generate a poll list for the precinct where the voter resides that does not include the name of a voter unless the voter will be: (1) at least eighteen (18) years of age when the election is conducted; or (2) eligible to vote i…

Sec. 3.1. The county voter registration office shall generate information to be used in the compilation of a jury list that does not include the name of a voter unless the voter will be at least eighteen (18) years of age when the jury is empaneled. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to each precinct where voting is by electronic voting system. (b) For purposes of this chapter, in a county designated as a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1, each vote center shall be treated as if it were a single precinct. As added by P.L.3…

Sec. 1.1. This chapter is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what will be counted as a vote on an electronic voting system. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.184. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.211.

Sec. 1.5. If the polls for more than one (1) precinct are located in the same room, the inspector of a precinct using the room may not begin the vote counting procedure until all the polls in the room are officially closed and no more persons are waiting in line to vote. As added…

Sec. 2. After each electronic voting system has been secured and the paper vote total printouts obtained, the inspector shall announce in a distinct tone of voice that the printouts are available for inspection by the members of the precinct election board and any watchers presen…

Sec. 3. (a) When paper vote total printouts have been obtained, the precinct election board shall prepare certificates stating the number of votes that each candidate received for each office and the votes on each public question by attaching the paper vote total printouts to cer…

Sec. 4. The inspector and judge of the opposite political party shall deliver the certificates prepared under section 3 of this chapter and the list of voters to the county election board by midnight on election day. However, if: (1) an electronic voting system failed; (2) the fa…

Sec. 4.5. (a) This section does not apply to an electronic poll book or voting system subject to an impoundment order issued by a court or a recount commission until the impoundment order is rescinded. (b) This subsection applies to an electronic poll book. The inspector and judg…

Sec. 5. Immediately upon completion of the vote count, each precinct election board shall make and sign a certificate for the news media showing the total number of votes received by each candidate in the precinct. The inspector and judge of the opposite political party shall del…

Sec. 6. To minimize the delay in the counting of the vote, canvassing must begin immediately upon the closing of the polls and continue without interruption until all the votes are canvassed and all certificates of the vote required under section 3 of this chapter are completed a…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "audit threshold number" refers to the following number: (1) One (1), if the total number of votes cast, as determined unde…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.46.

Sec. 10. (a) The county voter registration office shall process an absentee registration affidavit or form received from a voter described in section 1 of this chapter during the registration period or during the period beginning on the twenty-ninth day before the election and en…

Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to a person described in subsection (b) who applies to register to vote during the period: (1) beginning on the seventh day before election day; and (2) ending at noon election day. (b) An absent uniformed services voter who is absent from Indian…

Sec. 15. Notwithstanding IC 3-7-13-1(3), as set forth in 50 U.S.C. 4025, a spouse described in IC 3-5-2-1.5(4) may elect to use the same residence as the member described in IC 3-5-2-1.5(4), regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the member occurred. As ad…

Sec. 2. A voter described in section 1 of this chapter who wants to: (1) vote by absentee ballot under IC 3-11-4; and (2) execute an affidavit or a form for voter registration; is not required to sign the affidavit or form in the presence of a person authorized to administer an o…

Sec. 3. The circuit court clerk or board of registration shall inform the voter that no signature other than that of the voter is required on the affidavit or form and that a voter who makes a false statement on the affidavit or form is subject to the penalties for perjury. As ad…

Sec. 4. If the voter is unable to sign or mark the registration form due to disability, any person designated by the voter may sign the voter's name on the form in the presence of the voter. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.46.

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a voter who files a combined absentee registration form and absentee ballot request. (b) When a county voter registration office receives an application for registration from an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter, the o…

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to a voter who files a combined absentee registration form and absentee ballot request. (b) When a board of registration receives an application for registration under section 5 of this chapter and a request for an absentee ballot applicati…

Sec. 7. (a) If the election division receives an application for registration from an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter under this chapter, the election division shall promptly forward the application to the county voter registration office of the county where …

Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to a combined absentee registration and request for an absentee ballot. (b) When a circuit court clerk receives a request for an absentee ballot application, the clerk shall promptly mail the absentee ballot application (or transmit the app…

Sec. 9. (a) If a voter registration application is delivered to the circuit court clerk in a county where there is a board of registration, the clerk shall promptly deliver to the board the application requesting registration. (b) If the application is a combined application for …

Sec. 1. Except as provided by IC 3-7-11-1, the secretary of state is the state's chief election official. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.7.