Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 6. (a) If, upon investigation, the secretary of state determines that a criminal violation of this title may have occurred, the secretary of state and the co-directors of the election division shall refer the facts drawn from the investigation to the prosecuting attorney of …

Sec. 1. If the United States Postal Service does not deliver mail directly to an individual with a nontraditional residence in the precinct where the individual resides, the individual may use a mailing address within a precinct in the county to complete the registration affidavi…

Sec. 2. The circuit court clerk or board of registration shall designate each registration by an individual with a nontraditional residence in the permanent registration record of the precinct. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.47.

Sec. 1. A voter who changes residence shall transfer the voter's registration to the address where the voter currently resides by sending a transfer of registration on a prescribed form to the circuit court clerk or board of registration. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.49.

Sec. 10. Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, and as required under 52 U.S.C. 20504(a)(2), the county voter registration office shall: (1) amend a voter's registration record under this chapter to reflect information stated by the voter on a registration form submitte…

Sec. 11. The circuit court clerk or board of registration shall amend a voter's registration record under this chapter to reflect information stated by the voter on a registration form submitted at a voter registration office established under this article. As added by P.L.12-199…

Sec. 12. As required under 52 U.S.C. 20505(a)(3), the circuit court clerk or board of registration shall amend a voter's registration record under this chapter to reflect information stated by a voter on a registration by mail form. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.49. Amended by P.L…

Sec. 2. A voter may change the residence address on the voter's registration to an address within the same county at any time during the registration period prescribed in this article. The circuit court clerk or board of registration shall receive and execute transfers during reg…

Sec. 3. A change of address within a county by a voter must be signed in ink or with an indelible pencil. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.49. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.71.

Sec. 4. Upon receipt of a properly executed change of address form, the circuit court clerk or board of registration shall place the form in the proper precinct registration record and enter the change in any computerized record. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.49.

Sec. 5. Upon receiving a properly executed affidavit for transfer of registration under IC 3-10-11 or IC 3-10-12 from a person whose new residence is in the same county as the former residence, the circuit court clerk or the board of registration shall transfer the person's regis…

Sec. 6. (a) A voter who has changed residence from the county in which the voter is registered to another county must give the voter's most recent previous address, listed on a form prescribed under this article. (b) Completion of the form constitutes an authorization of cancella…

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to a voter who changes residence to an address in the same precinct where the voter's former residence was located, except for a voter who changes residence from a location within a municipality to a location outside of the municipality but within…

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a voter who changes residence from a precinct in a county to another precinct in the same county. (b) As required under 52 U.S.C. 20507(f), the county voter registration office: (1) shall correct the address shown on the voter registration reco…

Sec. 9. As provided in 52 U.S.C. 20504(d), a voter may indicate on a change of address form submitted at a license branch that the change of address is not intended to be used for voter registration purposes. A circuit court clerk or board of registration may not change an addres…

Sec. 3. The local public officials (or plan commission under IC 36-7-4-405) responsible for: (1) naming or renaming streets; (2) numbering or renumbering lots or structures; and (3) converting rural route addresses to numbered addresses; shall report the changes to the county vot…

Sec. 4. The NVRA official may submit to the United States Postal Service a list of the names and addresses of voters with rural route addresses. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.50. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.72; P.L.209-2003, SEC.68; P.L.164-2006, SEC.38.

Sec. 5. If the information is submitted under section 4 of this chapter, the NVRA official shall request that the United States Postal Service indicate the rural route addresses that have been converted and the numbered addresses that replace the converted rural route addresses. …

Sec. 6. When notified by: (1) the NVRA official of a conversion from rural route addresses to numbered addresses under this chapter; (2) the United States Postal Service of a conversion from rural route addresses to numbered addresses; (3) the United States Postal Service that ma…

Sec. 8. When notified by a local public official or plan commission under section 3 of this chapter, the county voter registration office shall, as soon as practicable, amend the entry for the voter in the computerized list under IC 3-7-26.3 to be consistent with the information …

Sec. 1. The Indiana election commission is established. As added by P.L.8-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 10. If the chair for any reason fails to call a meeting of the commission, then: (1) the vice chair, with the written approval of the remaining two (2) commission members, may convene a meeting of the commission; and (2) the three (3) members of the commission may meet to ex…

Sec. 11. (a) Each member of the commission who is not a state employee is entitled to receive both of the following: (1) The minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). (2) Reimbursement for travel expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the me…

Sec. 12. If the commission fails to meet and discharge the duties imposed upon it by law, the governor may order the commission to meet in the performance of the commission's duties if the governor: (1) considers a meeting to be necessary; or (2) receives a petition signed by at …

Sec. 13. The election division shall keep minutes of all meetings of the commission, including a written record of the yes and no vote of each member on all questions coming before the commission. As added by P.L.8-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.23.

Sec. 14. (a) In addition to other duties prescribed by law, the commission shall do the following: (1) Administer Indiana election laws. (2) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following: (A) Govern the fair, legal, and orderly conduct of elections, including the following: (i)…

Sec. 16. The commission, by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the commission, may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement a court order requiring the commission, the election division, or an election board or official to administer an election in a manner not authorized…

Sec. 17. (a) If the commission by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the commission finds that a natural disaster or other emergency makes it impossible or unreasonable for a person to perform a duty or file a document by the time specified in this title, the commission m…

Sec. 19. (a) The commission has the power of subpoena and may require a person to appear before the commission, a member of the commission, or the co-directors to be examined with regard to any matter with which the commission or the co-directors are charged with a duty under thi…

Sec. 2. (a) The commission consists of four (4) individuals appointed by the governor. (b) Each member of the commission must be a registered voter. (c) Each member of the commission must be a member of a major political party of the state. Not more than two (2) members of the co…

Sec. 20. A member of the commission, the co-directors, or an employee of the election division may administer an oath required or permitted by this title. As added by P.L.8-1995, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.26.

Sec. 21. (a) This section does not apply to a violation of NVRA or IC 3-7. (b) If the commission determines that there is substantial reason to believe an election law violation has occurred, it shall expeditiously make an investigation. (c) If in the judgment of the commission, …

Sec. 22. (a) Upon referral under section 21 of this chapter, the attorney general shall institute on behalf of the state, a civil action for relief including any of the following: (1) A permanent or temporary injunction. (2) A restraining order. (3) Another appropriate order. (b)…

Sec. 23. (a) The state police department and all state police officers shall assist the commission, on request, in the enforcement of the election laws and the discharge of the commission's duties, including the use of state police radio and telephone service on election days. (b…

Sec. 24. (a) The campaign finance enforcement account is established within the state general fund to provide money for the following purposes: (1) Administering and enforcing IC 3-9. (2) Creating and operating a campaign finance computer system as authorized under IC 3-9-4-4, in…

Sec. 25. The commission may hold hearings under IC 4-21.5 to administer Indiana election law. As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.241-2025, SEC.4.

Sec. 26. An advisory opinion issued by the commission before July 1, 2025, is void. As added by P.L.241-2025, SEC.5.

Sec. 3. (a) The term of an individual serving as a member of the commission begins on the later of the following: (1) The day the term of the member whom the individual is appointed to succeed expires. (2) The day the individual is appointed. (b) The term of a member expires July…

Sec. 4. (a) Before May 1 of a year that the term of a member of the commission expires, the state chairman of the major political party of the state represented by that member may nominate, in writing, two (2) individuals of the state chairman's own political party to succeed the…

Sec. 5. (a) If a member of the commission resigns, dies, or becomes unable to serve on the commission, the governor shall notify the state chairman of the major political party of the state represented by the member. (b) The state chairman may nominate in writing, within ten (10)…

Sec. 6. (a) The governor shall appoint one (1) of the members of the commission to be the chair and one (1) of the members of the commission to be the vice chair of the commission. The chair of the commission must be a member of the same political party as the individual who is t…

Sec. 7. (a) Three (3) members of the commission constitute a quorum. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the affirmative vote of at least three (3) members of the commission is necessary for the commission to take official action other than to meet to take testimony. …

Sec. 8. (a) A member of the commission may designate another individual to serve as a proxy of record in the member's place as a member of the commission by filing a written instrument designating the proxy of record with the election division. The proxy of record has the same au…

Sec. 9. The chair shall call a meeting of the commission whenever the chair considers it necessary for the performance of the commission's duties. As added by P.L.8-1995, SEC.18.

Sec. 1. A voter whose name is changed may vote at the election by filing with the circuit court clerk or board of registration a verified statement. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.51. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.45.

Sec. 2. (a) The statement described in section 1 of this chapter may be filed with the county voter registration office at any time. (b) A voter who wishes to indicate that the voter's name has changed may also write the necessary information concerning the name change on the pol…