Title 3, TITLE 3. ELECTIONS
169 chapters · 2,794 sections in this title.
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-13 Audits; investigations
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Sec. 13. The election division and each county election board shall make audits and field investigations from time to time with respect to reports and statements filed under this article and with respect to an alleged failure to file a report or statement required under this arti…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-14 Examination of statements of organization or reports;
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campaign finance reports Sec. 14. (a) The election division and each county election board shall do all of the following: (1) Ascertain whether candidates, committees, or other persons have: (A) failed to file statements of organization or reports; or (B) filed defective statemen…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-15 Hearings
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Sec. 15. A member of the commission, the co-directors, with the authorization of the commission, or a member of a county election board may conduct a hearing or an investigation, take evidence, and report back to the commission or board for its consideration and action. [Pre-1986…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-16 Civil penalties; election commission
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Sec. 16. (a) In addition to any other penalty imposed, a person who does any of the following is subject to a civil penalty under this section: (1) Fails to file with the election division a report in the manner required under IC 3-9-5. (2) Fails to file a statement of organizati…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-17 Civil penalties imposed by county election board; procedure;
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disposition of penalties collected Sec. 17. (a) In addition to any other penalty imposed, a person who does any of the following is subject to a civil penalty under this section: (1) Fails to file with a county election board a report in the manner required under IC 3-9-5. (2) Fa…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-18 Delinquent or defective report
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Sec. 18. (a) As used in this section, "delinquent or defective report" refers to a campaign finance report or statement of organization: (1) that was required to be filed under IC 3-9-5 but was not filed in the manner required under IC 3-9-5; and (2) for which a person was assess…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-19 Waiver or reduction of civil penalty
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Sec. 19. Notwithstanding section 16 or 17 of this chapter, if upon the unanimous vote of its entire membership, the commission or a county election board finds that imposition of a civil penalty required to be imposed would be unjust under the circumstances, the commission or boa…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-2 Forms
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Sec. 2. The election division shall prescribe and furnish forms for making the reports and statements required to be filed under this article. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-5-1.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.97; P.L.3-1997, SEC.185; P.L.169-2…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-20 Settlement agreement to pay proposed civil penalty
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Sec. 20. (a) Notwithstanding section 16 of this chapter, if a person is notified by the election division that the commission may assess a proposed civil penalty under this article against the person, the person may enter into an agreement with the election division to pay the pr…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-3 Information manual
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Sec. 3. The commission shall prepare, publish, and furnish to candidates and all interested persons on request a manual setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting and shall summarize all the requirements of this article. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citati…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-4 Filing, coding, and cross-indexing system; computer system;
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standardized software program; electronic submission Sec. 4. (a) The election division shall develop a filing and coding system consistent with the purposes of this article. The election division and each county election board shall use the filing and coding system. The coding sy…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-4.5 Electronic filing of local campaign finance reports
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Sec. 4.5. (a) As used in this section, "board" refers to either of the following: (1) A county election board. (2) A board of elections and registration. (b) A board may establish a system for electronic filing of reports required to be filed by a candidate or committee under thi…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-5 Reports and statements; public inspection and copying; sale of
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information copied Sec. 5. (a) The election division and each county election board shall make the reports and statements filed with them available for public inspection and copying, commencing as soon as practicable but not later than the end of the second business day following…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-6 Preservation of reports and statements
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Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the election division and each county election board shall preserve reports and statements for four (4) years from December 1 following the election to which they pertain, unless the records are in litigation. (b) This su…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-7 List of statements
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Sec. 7. The election division and each county election board shall compile and maintain a current list of all statements or parts of statements pertaining to each candidate, committee, and public question. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-5-6.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5…
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-8 Annual report
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Sec. 8. (a) The election division shall prepare and make available to the public an annual report including compilations of total reported contributions and expenditures for all candidates, committees, and other persons during the year. (b) Each county election board may prepare …
Ind. Code § 3-9-4-9 Annual compilations
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Sec. 9. The election division and each county election board may prepare and publish annual compilations of: (1) total amounts expended according to categories it determines and broken down into: (A) candidate; (B) party; (C) legislative caucus committee; and (D) political action…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-1 Names on ballot
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Sec. 1. (a) The names of the candidates of: (1) a political party; (2) a group of petitioners under IC 3-8-6; or (3) a write-in candidate for the office of President or Vice President of the United States under IC 3-8-2-2.5; for presidential electors and alternate presidential el…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-1.5 Presidential elector nominees; alternate presidential elector
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nominees; designation; winning candidates Sec. 1.5. For each presidential elector position in Indiana: (1) a political party; (2) a group of petitioners under IC 3-8-6; or (3) a write-in candidate for the office of President or Vice President of the United States under IC 3-8-2-2…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-1.7 Pledge of elector nominees; pledges must accompany
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certification; effect of death or withdrawal of nominee for President or Vice President Sec. 1.7. (a) Each presidential elector nominee and each alternate presidential elector nominee of a political party shall execute the following pledge: "If selected for the office of presiden…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-10 Repealed
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[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-12-8.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.7-1986, SEC.20.
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-11 Amended certificate of ascertainment; transmittal to governor;
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substitution of amended certificate for original certificate; certificate of vote; transmittal of documents under federal law Sec. 11. (a) After the vote of Indiana's presidential electors is completed, if the final list of presidential electors differs from any list that the gov…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-2 Paper ballots; listing of political party and other information
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Sec. 2. (a) This section applies when paper ballots are used. (b) A single square shall be printed in front of a bracket enclosing the names of the nominees for President and Vice President of the United States on the left margin of each separate column of the ballot, immediately…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-2.2 Electronic voting system; listing of nominees for President and
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Vice President of the United States Sec. 2.2. (a) This section applies when an electronic voting system is used. (b) The names of the nominees for President and Vice President of the United States for each political party or group of petitioners grouped as described in section 1(…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-3 Ballots or voting machine labels
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Sec. 3. The device, title, and names of nominees appearing on a ballot or ballot label shall be accompanied by a statement that a ballot cast for the named candidates for President and Vice President of the United States is considered a ballot cast for the slate of presidential e…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-4 Votes for nominees and write-in candidates; treatment
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Sec. 4. Each vote cast or registered: (1) for the nominees for President and Vice President of the United States of: (A) a political party; or (B) a group of petitioners; or (2) for a write-in candidate for President or Vice President of the United States; is a vote cast or regis…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-5 Certification of nominees and electors
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Sec. 5. (a) This subsection applies to a major political party and to a political party subject to IC 3-8-4-10. The state chairman of each political party shall certify to the election division the names of the nominees of the party for President and Vice President of the United …
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-6 Cessation of candidacy
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Sec. 6. (a) If a nominee for President or Vice President of the United States ceases to be a candidate before the nominee's ticket is officially certified, then that fact and the name and the state of residence of the nominee's successor, if any, shall be certified in the same ma…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-6.5 Indiana's certificate of ascertainment; contents; security
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features Sec. 6.5. (a) In submitting Indiana's certificate of ascertainment as required by 3 U.S.C. 6, the governor shall certify Indiana's presidential electors and state in the certificate the following: (1) That the presidential electors will serve as presidential electors unl…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-7 Assembly of presidential electors and alternate presidential
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electors; delivery of duplicate original certificates of ascertainment Sec. 7. (a) The presidential electors and alternate presidential electors who are elected at a general election shall assemble in the chamber of the Indiana house of representatives on the first Tuesday after …
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-8 Filling of vacancy
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Sec. 8. (a) This section applies if a presidential elector: (1) files the presidential elector's resignation with the governor under IC 5-8-3.5; (2) dies or is otherwise disqualified from holding office, and the presidential elector's death or disqualification is certified to the…
Ind. Code § 3-10-4-9 Voting procedure; marking ballots; examination of ballots by
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secretary of state; consistency of ballots with pledge; vacating office of elector; counting and recording ballots Sec. 9. (a) The presidential electors, when assembled and after vacancies are filled, shall then vote by paper ballot for President and Vice President of the United …
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-0.5 When an absentee ballot is considered sent to a voter
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Sec. 0.5. For purposes of this chapter, an absentee ballot application or an absentee ballot is considered "sent" to a voter if the application or ballot is: (1) sent by United States mail addressed to the voter; (2) transmitted by fax to a number provided by the voter; or (3) pe…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-1 Entitlement to vote by absentee ballot in clerk's office or
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satellite office; conditions Sec. 1. (a) A voter who is otherwise qualified to vote in person is entitled to vote by absentee ballot. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a voter voting by absentee ballot must vote in the office of the circuit court clerk (or board of el…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-10 Estimate of number of ballots required
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Sec. 10. Each circuit court clerk shall: (1) not less than sixty (60) days before the date on which a general, primary, or municipal election is held; or (2) not more than three (3) days after the date on which a special election is ordered; estimate the number of absentee ballot…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-11 Repealed
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[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-22-23 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.3-1993, SEC.282.
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-12 Repealed
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[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-22-23 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.228; P.L.4-1991, SEC.69; P.L.3-1993, SEC.126; P.L.12-1995, SEC.78; P.L.2-1996, SEC.145; P.L.3-1997, SEC.276; P.L.38-1999, SEC.39; P.L.14-2004, SEC.103; P.L.198-2005, SEC.…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-12.5 Absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter; use of
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federal write-in absentee ballot form; waiver of confidentiality not required Sec. 12.5. (a) This section applies to an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter. (b) If a voter makes a timely application for and does not receive an absentee ballot from a county election …
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-13 Repealed
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[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-22-23 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.127; P.L.2-1996, SEC.146; P.L.3-1997, SEC.277; P.L.66-2003, SEC.37; P.L.198-2005, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.66-2010, SEC.31.
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-14 Ballots other than those specified in IC 3-11-4-12.5;
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preparation and printing under direction of county election board; printing on security paper Sec. 14. (a) All absentee ballots other than those specified in section 12.5 of this chapter shall be: (1) prepared and printed under the direction of each county election board; and (2)…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-15 Ballots prepared and printed under direction of county
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election board; delivery to circuit court clerk Sec. 15. The absentee ballots that are prepared and printed under the direction of a county election board shall be delivered to the circuit court clerk (or the board acting under IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.6) at least fifty (50) days b…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-16 Marking on label attached to package of ballots delivered to
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circuit court clerk; distribution of ballots Sec. 16. Each package of absentee ballots delivered to a circuit court clerk shall be plainly marked, on an appropriate attached label, with the words: "This package contains _______ (giving number of ballots) absentee ballots." The cl…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-17 Filing of application received; recording of information in
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statewide voter registration list Sec. 17. Upon receipt of an application for an absentee ballot, a circuit court clerk shall file the application in the clerk's office and record all of the following in the statewide voter registration list maintained under IC 3-7-26.3: (1) The …
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-17.5 Consideration of application; determinations; denial of
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application; casting provisional ballot; filing additional documentation; transfer of registration Sec. 17.5. (a) Upon receiving an application for an absentee ballot, the county election board (or the absentee voter board in the office of the circuit court clerk) shall determine…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-17.6 Procedures for defective absentee ballot applications;
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providing and receiving absentee ballot Sec. 17.6. (a) For purposes of this section, "clerk" means: (1) the circuit court clerk; or (2) in a county subject to IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.6, the director of the board of elections and registration. (b) This subsection applies to an appl…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-17.7 Replacement official ballots
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Sec. 17.7. (a) This section applies when a voter: (1) has been mailed the official ballot under this chapter; and (2) notifies the county election board that: (A) the ballot has been destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received by the voter after a reasonable time has elapsed for de…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-17.8 Official replacement ballots; procedures
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Sec. 17.8. (a) This section applies to a replacement ballot issued under section 17.7 of this chapter. (b) The county election board shall enclose the official replacement ballot in an envelope that complies with section 20 of this chapter. The envelope must contain a notation th…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-18 Transmitting ballots; tracking ballots; additional
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documentation; voter education program Sec. 18. (a) If a voter satisfies any of the qualifications described in IC 3-11-10-24 that entitle a voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail, the county election board shall, at the request of the voter, mail the official ballot, postage f…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-18.5 Challenge absentee voter application; affidavit; referral to
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county election board Sec. 18.5. (a) Upon receipt of an absentee ballot application, a member of the county election board or a member of an absentee voter board may file an affidavit with the county election board alleging that the application: (1) was not submitted by a voter o…
Ind. Code § 3-11-4-19 Necessity of circuit court clerk's official seal and signature and
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initials of members of absentee voter board Sec. 19. (a) Subject to IC 3-5-4-9, a ballot that is mailed must bear the circuit court clerk's official seal and signature or facsimile signature on the back of the ballot. Before the ballot is mailed: (1) the two (2) members of the ab…