Title 3, ELECTIONS

Sec. 28. (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), the approval of an electronic voting system under this chapter expires October 1 of the year following the year in which presidential electors are elected under IC 3-10-2-3. (b) The vendor of a voting system approved under this c…

Sec. 3. The commission may approve an electronic voting system only if the system complies with the requirements of this chapter and IC 3-11-15. As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.250. Amended by P.L.4-1991, SEC.79; P.L.2-1996, SEC.174; P.L.176-1999, SEC.73.

Sec. 4. (a) The commission shall: (1) require the vendor to have tests conducted concerning the compliance of an electronic voting system with HAVA and the standards set forth in this chapter and IC 3-11-15; and (2) have the results of the tests evaluated by the person designated…

Sec. 5. (a) A vendor may apply for approval of a proposed improvement or change to an electronic voting system that is currently certified by the commission. A proposed improvement or change may not be marketed, sold, leased, installed, or implemented in Indiana before the applic…

Sec. 7. The commission may not approve the marketing, sale, lease, installation, or implementation of an electronic voting system unless the system meets the specifications in sections 8 through 18 of this chapter and in IC 3-11-15. As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.250. Amended by P.L…

Sec. 8. An electronic voting system must ensure secrecy to a voter in the act of voting. As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.250.

Sec. 9. An electronic voting system must provide facilities that will permit votes to be cast for any candidate at any election and for or against any public question. As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.250.

Sec. 1. (a) Not later than seventy-four (74) days before election day, for each county planning to use an electronic voting system at the next election, VSTOP shall provide each county election board with a randomly sorted list of unique identification numbers for the inventory o…

Sec. 10. A copy of the certification of the tests conducted under this chapter shall be filed with the election returns. As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

Sec. 11. Notwithstanding IC 3-5-4-1.7, a county election board may send by electronic mail or fax a signed form from a public test to the election division. As added by P.L.227-2023, SEC.107.

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), public notice of the time and place shall be given at least forty-eight (48) hours before the test. The notice…

Sec. 3. The two (2) appointed members of the county election board shall observe the test required by this chapter and, if they so determine, shall certify the test as meeting the requirements of this chapter. As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

Sec. 4. The test must be open to representatives of political parties, candidates, the media, and the public. As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

Sec. 5. (a) The test required by this chapter must include the following: (1) The visual inspection of the voting system and ballot labels. (2) The manual entry of a preaudited group of ballots marked so as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on…

Sec. 6. If an error is detected during the test required by section 5 of this chapter, the cause of the error shall be determined and corrected, and an errorless count must be made before the use of the electronic voting system at the election is approved. As added by P.L.221-200…

Sec. 7. After completion of the count, the voting system shall be sealed. The ballots used to conduct the test and all other election materials shall be sealed, retained, and disposed of as provided for paper ballots. As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

Sec. 8. (a) Immediately following the completion of the voting system test under section 5 of this chapter, the county election board shall enter the vote totals from the voting systems tested under this chapter into the component of the voting system used by the county election …

Sec. 9. Not later than seven (7) days after conducting the tests required under this chapter, the county election board shall certify to the election division that the tests have been conducted in conformity with this chapter. As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to a county designated as a vote center county under this chapter. (b) On January 1, 2011, a county designated as a vote center pilot county under: (1) IC 3-11-18 (before its expiration); (2) P.L.164-2006, SECTION 148 (before its expiration); or (…

Sec. 10. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the county shall administer an election conducted at a vote center in accordance with federal law, this title, and the plan adopted with the county election board's order under section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.1-201…

offices Sec. 11. Notwithstanding any other law, a voter who resides in a vote center county is entitled to cast an absentee ballot at a vote center located at a satellite office of the county election board established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 in the same manner and subject to the s…

Sec. 12. (a) Notwithstanding section 1 of this chapter, this section applies to an electronic poll book to be used in: (1) a precinct polling place, office of the circuit court clerk, or a satellite office in accordance with IC 3-7-29-6; or (2) a vote center under this chapter. (…

Sec. 13. Notwithstanding any other law, including IC 3-11-8-2 and IC 3-14-2-11, a voter who resides in a vote center county is entitled to cast a ballot at any vote center established in the county without regard to the precinct in which the voter resides. As added by P.L.1-2011,…

Sec. 14. (a) The precinct election board administering an election at a vote center shall keep the ballots cast in each precinct separate from the ballots cast in any other precinct whose election is administered at the vote center, so that the votes cast for each candidate and o…

Sec. 15. (a) A county may amend a plan adopted with a county election board's order under section 3 of this chapter. (b) For a county to amend its plan: (1) the county election board or board of elections and registration, by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board, …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "active voter" means a voter who is not an inactive voter under IC 3-7-38.2. As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3.

Sec. 3. (a) A county must comply with this section to become a vote center county. (b) As used in this section, "board" refers to any of the following: (1) The county election board. (2) The board of elections and registration. (c) The board shall hold a public hearing to present…

Sec. 4. The plan required by section 3 of this chapter must include at least the following: (1) The total number of vote centers to be established. (2) The location of each vote center. (3) The effective date of the order. (4) The following information according to the computeriz…

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a plan must provide a vote center for use by voters residing within the county for use in a primary election, general election, special election, municipal primary, or municipal election conducted on or after the effectiv…

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), when the total number of active voters in the county equals at least twenty-five thousand (25,000), the following apply: (1) The plan must provide for at least one (1) vote center for each ten thousand (10,000) active voters. (2) …

Sec. 7. Before adopting an order designating a county as a vote center county under this chapter, the county election board must determine the following: (1) That the secure electronic connection as described under section 4(9)(B) of this chapter is sufficient to prevent: (A) any…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the designation of a county as a vote center county takes effect immediately upon the filing of the order with the election division, unless otherwise specified by the county election board. (b) An order filed with the election di…

Sec. 9. The county election board shall publish notice of the location of each vote center in accordance with IC 3-11-8-3.2. As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.227-2023, SEC.111.

Sec. 1. Each of the following locations is designated as a voter registration office under 52 U.S.C. 20506: (1) Each office of the department of employment and training services that provides assistance or services concerning unemployment compensation. (2) Each office affiliated …

Sec. 2. Except as provided in this chapter, an office described by section 1 of this chapter shall accept and process voter registration applications as provided in IC 3-7-18. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.30.

Sec. 3. For purposes of this chapter, the following persons shall act as a "governing body" under IC 3-7-18: (1) The executive director of the department of employment and training services. (2) The superintendent of state police. (3) The sheriff of a county. (4) The chief of pol…

Sec. 10. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the secretary of state and the election division shall provide the support required for the county voter registration office to enter the information into the computerized list. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.128-2015,…

Sec. 11. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the county voter registration office shall perform list maintenance with respect to the computerized list within forty-eight (48) hours of receiving information that requires voter list maintenance activity. The list maintenance activit…

Sec. 12. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the election division shall coordinate the computerized list with the department of correction records concerning individuals disfranchised under IC 3-7-46. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.95.

Sec. 13. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the election division shall coordinate the computerized list with the Indiana department of health concerning individuals identified as deceased under IC 3-7-45. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.96; P.L.56-…

Sec. 14. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the computerized list maintenance performed under sections 11 through 13 of this chapter must ensure that: (1) the name of each voter appears in the computerized list; (2) only voters who are not eligible to vote are removed from the co…

Sec. 15. (a) As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the election division and each county voter registration office shall provide adequate technological security measures to prevent unauthorized access to the computerized list. (b) The computerized list must employ two-factor authent…

Sec. 16. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the election division and each county voter registration office shall ensure that voter registration records are accurate and updated regularly. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.99.

Sec. 17. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the election division and each county voter registration office shall perform the list maintenance required under NVRA to ensure that inactive voters described in section 11(3) of this chapter and 52 U.S.C. 20507(d)(1)(B) are removed fr…

Sec. 18. As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the secretary of state, the co-directors of the election division, and the bureau of motor vehicles commission shall enter into an agreement to match information in the computerized list data base with information in the data base of th…

Sec. 19. (a) As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, the bureau of motor vehicles commission shall enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Security under 42 U.S.C. 405(r)(8)(A) to verify information set forth on voter registration applications. (b) The following inform…