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Indiana Statutes § 3-11-11-7 Standards to define a vote; voting procedure; marking; write-in votes

⤴ Up to Chapter 11: Voting by Paper Ballot

Statute Text

(a) This section is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on a paper ballot.
(b) After receiving ballots under section 6 of this chapter, a voter shall, without leaving the room, go alone into one (1) of the booths or compartments that is unoccupied and indicate:
(1) the candidates for whom the voter desires to vote by making a voting mark on or in the squares immediately before the candidates' names; and
(2) the voter's preference on each public question by making a voting mark in front of the word "yes" or "no" under the question.
(c) Write-in votes shall be cast by:
(1) making a voting mark on or in the square immediately before the space provided for write-in voting; and
(2) printing the name of the candidate in the space provided for write-in voting.

Source

Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-21 part.

History

Amended by P.L. 128 - 2015 , SEC. 186 , eff. 5/4/2015, retroactive .

As added by P.L. 5-1986 , SEC. 7 . Amended by P.L. 6-1986 , SEC. 21 ; P.L. 4-1991 , SEC. 102 ; P.L. 209 - 2003 , SEC.152.

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