Title 3, TITLE 3. ELECTIONS

convention; deadline; certification of nominees; consent of nominees Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to a political party whose nominee received at least two percent (2%) but less than ten percent (10%) of the votes cast for secretary of state at the last election for that offi…

Sec. 16. Notwithstanding any other statute or a school corporation's organization plan, an elected member of the governing body shall be elected at the general election held immediately before the term of office for that position on the governing body expires. As added by P.L.219…

Sec. 2. (a) Each county election board shall give notice of a general election and publish a statement in accordance with IC 5-3-1 stating the following information: (1) The offices to be filled. (2) The text of the judicial retention and other public questions to be submitted to…

Sec. 3. Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors shall be elected in 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040, 2044, and every four (4) years thereafter at a general election held in accordance with 3 U.S.C. 1. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-12-1.] As added by P.L.5-…

Sec. 4. United States Senators shall be elected at a general election held in accordance with 2 U.S.C. 1 and as follows: (1) One (1) in 2028, 2034, 2040, 2046, 2052, and every six (6) years thereafter. (2) One (1) in 2024, 2030, 2036, 2042, 2048, 2054, and every six (6) years the…

Sec. 5. United States Representatives shall be elected at each general election in accordance with 2 U.S.C. 7. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-3-1.1-3.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.4-1996, SEC.41.

general; time for electing Sec. 6. The following public officials shall be elected in 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040, 2044, and every four (4) years thereafter: (1) Governor. (2) Lieutenant governor. (3) Attorney general. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: Ind. Const. Art. 5, §§ 1…

state; time for electing Sec. 7. The following public officials shall be elected in 2026, 2030, 2034, 2038, 2042, and every four (4) years thereafter: (1) Secretary of state. (2) Auditor of state. (3) Treasurer of state. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: Ind. Const. Art. 6, § 1.…

retention vote Sec. 8. Justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of appeals shall stand for approval or rejection by their respective electorates: (1) at the first general election that occurs at least two (2) years after their appointments; and (2) at the general ele…

Sec. 9. One-half (1/2) of the senators in the general assembly, as nearly as possible, shall be elected at each general election and every four (4) years thereafter in accordance with Article 4, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citat…

Sec. 0.5. (a) This chapter applies only to paper ballots. (b) This chapter does not apply to: (1) an electronic voting system; or (2) an optical scan voting system. As added by P.L.58-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.164-2006, SEC.87.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.196; P.L.3-1989, SEC.9; P.L.2-1996, SEC.133; P.L.3-1997, SEC.256. Repealed by P.L.14-2004, SEC.196.

Sec. 10. (a) Public questions shall be placed on the general election ballot in the following order after the statement described in section 7 of this chapter, and the instructions described in subsections (d) and (e) and section 8 of this chapter, if instructions are printed on …

Sec. 10.1. (a) This section applies only to a public question concerning the retention in office of a judge of the Marion superior court under IC 33-33-49. (b) The question of the retention of the judge at the general election shall be placed on the ballot at the same row or colu…

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-1(b) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.206; P.L.10-1988, SEC.101. Repealed by P.L.3-1993, SEC.282.

Sec. 11.5. The name of a write-in candidate may not be printed on any ballot. As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.259.

Sec. 12. (a) The following offices shall be placed on the general election ballot in the following order after the public questions described in section 10(a) of this chapter: (1) Federal and state offices: (A) President and Vice President of the United States. (B) United States …

Sec. 12.2. Whenever candidates are to be elected to an office that includes more than one (1) district, the districts shall be placed on the ballot in alphabetical or numerical order, according to the designation given to the district. As added by P.L.4-1996, SEC.61. Amended by P…

appear on the same ballot page or screen Sec. 12.3. A ballot must be arranged so that all candidates for the same office appear on the same page or screen of the ballot. As added by P.L.227-2023, SEC.68. IC 3-11-2-12.4 Election of more than one candidate to an office; placement o…

Sec. 12.5. Notwithstanding section 12 of this chapter, the county election board may alter the prescribed ballot order to place the names of the candidates for the following offices before the names of the candidates for county judicial offices: (1) Prosecuting attorney. (2) Cler…

legislative body of political subdivision Sec. 12.7. (a) This section applies to candidates for election to at-large seats on the fiscal or legislative body of a political subdivision. (b) Candidates shall be listed in alphabetical order according to surname within each row or co…

As added by P.L.224-2007, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.146-2008, SEC.801.

Sec. 12.9. (a) School board offices to be elected at the general election shall be placed on the general election ballot after the offices described in section 12.4 of this chapter with each candidate for the office designated as "nonpartisan". (b) If the ballot contains a candid…

Sec. 13. (a) The following offices shall be placed on the general election ballot in the following order after the offices described in section 12.9 of this chapter: (1) Retention of a justice of the supreme court. (2) Retention of a judge of the court of appeals. (3) Retention o…

Sec. 14. (a) The following offices shall be placed on the general election ballot in the following order after the offices described in section 13 of this chapter: (1) Retention of a local judge. (2) Local nonpartisan judicial offices. (b) These offices shall be placed in a separ…

of school corporation Sec. 14.5. (a) This section applies to candidates for election to at-large seats on the governing body of a school corporation. (b) Candidates shall be listed in alphabetical order according to surname. (c) The ballot shall contain a statement reading substa…

Sec. 15. (a) A public question shall be placed on the general election ballot in the following form: (The explanatory text for the public question, if required by law) "Shall (insert public question)?" [] YES [] NO (b) In addition to any other explanatory text required by law, th…

reprint or use of defective ballot Sec. 16. (a) If an election board determines that a ballot printed under the authority of the election board does not comply with a requirement imposed by this title or contains any other error or omission that might result in confusion or mista…

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.197; P.L.5-1998, SEC.4; P.L.66-2003, SEC.34; P.L.14-2004, SEC.93. Repealed by P.L.1-2006, SEC.588.

county on ballot; notice of inspection of ballot proofs Sec. 2.1. (a) Each county election board shall have the: (1) names of all candidates for election to offices or retention in offices; and (2) state and local public questions; in election districts wholly or partially within…

designation Sec. 3. Each type of ballot must be: (1) of uniform size; (2) of the same quality and color of paper; (3) sufficiently thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from the back; and (4) printed with the precinct number or designation of the precinct where the ball…

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-18-2 part; 3-1-23-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.199; P.L.3-1995, SEC.94; P.L.3-1997, SEC.257; P.L.66-2003, SEC.35. Repealed by P.L.194-2013, SEC.43.

Sec. 5. The nominees of a: (1) major political party; (2) political party described by IC 3-8-4-10; or (3) group of petitioners under IC 3-8-6 who are identified by the petition as the nominees of a political party; shall be listed on the ballots under the name of the party or pe…

Sec. 6. (a) The device named and list of nominees shall be placed on the ballots as follows: (1) The major political party whose candidate received the highest number of votes in the county for secretary of state at the last election in the first column or row on the left side of…

Sec. 7. The following statement shall be printed in underlined print at the extreme top of a ballot to be used in an election covered by this title: "It is a crime to falsify this ballot or to violate Indiana election laws.". [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-1(a) part.] …

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all written or printed instructions must be at the top of the ballot immediately below the statement required by section 7 of this chapter. No other instructions or writing may appear at any other place on the ballot, including th…

Sec. 9. (a) The device of each political party described in section 6 of this chapter shall be: (1) enclosed in a circle not less than three-fourths (3/4) of an inch in diameter; and (2) placed under the name of the party or independent ticket, as required by section 10 of this c…

procedures Sec. 1. (a) This chapter: (1) 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 a paper ballot; and (2) applies to each precinct where voting is by paper ballot. (b) After the p…

Sec. 10. Upon delivery of the envelope or bag to the circuit court clerk under section 9 of this chapter, the inspector shall take and subscribe an oath before the clerk stating that the inspector: (1) closed and sealed the envelope or bag in the presence of the judges and poll c…

disposition of keys Sec. 11. Upon receipt of the envelope or bag under section 9 of this chapter, the envelope or bag shall be placed in a receptacle having two (2) different locks provided by the county executive. The receptacle shall be locked, and one (1) key shall be given to…

of election; disposition of envelope or bag; use of ballots for election research Sec. 12. (a) The circuit court clerk shall preserve the receptacle containing the envelope or bag in the clerk's office for the period required under IC 3-10-1-31.1. However, if the election is cont…

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-6 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.3-1987, SEC.570.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-6 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.3-1987, SEC.570.

clerk and news media Sec. 15. 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 and on each public question in the precinct. The inspector a…

Sec. 16. 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 votes are canvassed and all certificates of the vote required by section 6 of this chapter are completed and del…

political party Sec. 2. During the counting of the votes, the inspector and the judge of the opposite political party from the inspector shall view the ballots as the names of the candidates voted for are read from the ballots. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-1(a) part.…

Sec. 3. During the counting of the votes, any member of the precinct election board may protest the counting of any ballot or any part of a ballot. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8.

Sec. 4. If a ballot or any part of a ballot is protested, the poll clerks immediately shall write on the back of each protested ballot the word "counted" or the words "not counted", as appropriate. The clerks then shall officially sign each protested ballot. [Pre-1986 Recodificat…

same room Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 1(c) of this chapter, 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 count procedure until all the polls in the room are officially closed …

Sec. 6. When all votes have been counted, the precinct election board shall prepare a certificate stating the number of votes that each candidate received for each office and the number of votes cast on each public question. The number of votes that each candidate and public ques…