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Indiana Statutes § 3-11-4-19 Necessity of circuit court clerk's official seal and signature and initials of members of absentee voter board

⤴ Up to Chapter 4: Eligibility and Application for Absentee Ballot

Statute Text

(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 absentee voter board in the office of the circuit court clerk; or
(2) the two (2) appointed members of the county election board or their designated representatives;
shall place their initials in ink on the back of the ballot. The initials must be in the persons' ordinary handwriting or printing and without a distinguishing mark of any kind. No other initialing of the absentee ballot is necessary.
(b) An absentee ballot that is voted before an absentee voter board under IC 3-11-10-25 , IC 3-11-10-26 , or IC 3-11-10-26.3 , must bear the seal, signature, and initials prescribed by IC 3-11-10-27 .
(c) An absentee voter board member or county election board member or the member's representative shall not place the individual's initials on the absentee ballot:
(1) until after the voter's application for that ballot has been approved; or
(2) more than twenty-four (24) hours before the absentee ballot is mailed to the voter.
A ballot initialed under this subsection must be under the control of two (2) individual members or representatives of opposite political parties until the ballot is mailed to the voter.

Source

Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-22-5(b).

History

Amended by P.L. 193 - 2021 , SEC. 39 , eff. 7/1/2021 .

Amended by P.L. 157 - 2019 , SEC. 15 , eff. 7/1/2019 .

As added by P.L. 5-1986 , SEC. 7 . Amended by P.L. 6-1986 , SEC. 18 ; P.L. 3-1987 , SEC. 230 ; P.L. 263 - 2003 , SEC.2.

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