Sec. 26. After completion of the count, the tabulating machines shall be sealed as provided in IC 3-12-3-10. The ballot cards and all other election materials shall be sealed, retained, and disposed of as provided for paper ballots. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(f) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.28; P.L.3-1987, SEC.309; P.L.176-1999, […]
Sec. 26.5. (a) Each county election board may make available at convenient places throughout the county ballot card voting systems for the instruction of the voters. The board shall locate the systems at places where people usually assemble, such as shopping centers. The board shall have the systems attended at convenient hours designated by the […]
Sec. 27. (a) After the delivery of a ballot card voting system to a precinct, the precinct election board may meet at the polls on the same day and open the package containing the sample ballot cards, to determine whether the system is ready for use in accordance with section 16 of this chapter. If […]
Sec. 27.5. At the opening of the polls, after the organization of and in the presence of the precinct election board, the inspector shall: (1) open the packages of ballot cards in a manner that preserves the seals intact; (2) deliver fifty (50) of each of the state and local ballots to the poll clerk […]
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(e) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.313; P.L.3-1993, SEC.168; P.L.176-1999, SEC.85; P.L.13-2014, SEC.5; P.L.55-2014, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.76-2014, SEC.39.
Sec. 28.1. (a) This section does not apply: (1) to a ballot card voted by absentee ballot; or (2) in a county using an electronic poll book and a printer separate from the electronic poll book. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the two (2) poll clerks of each precinct shall place their initials […]
Sec. 28.2. (a) This section: (1) does not apply to a ballot card voted by absentee ballot; and (2) applies in a vote center county using an electronic poll book and a printer separate from the electronic poll book. (b) The printed initials of the poll clerks captured through the electronic signature pad or tablet […]
Sec. 28.5. (a) Unless challenged, a voter may proceed to vote. (b) This subsection does not apply in a precinct where a marking device for an optical scan ballot is being used. As each successive voter calls for a ballot, the poll clerks shall deliver to the voter the first initialed ballot of each type. […]
Sec. 28.7. (a) The two (2) poll clerks of each precinct shall place their initials in ink on the secrecy envelope of a ballot card (or on the fold-over part of a ballot card described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter) at the time the card is issued to a voter. The initials must be […]
Sec. 29. (a) In addition to the instructions printed on the ballot card or ballot labels, instructions to voters shall be posted in each voting booth or placed on the marking device. Each voter shall be instructed by both judges, on request, on how to operate the voting device before the voter enters the voting […]
Sec. 3. A ballot card voting system may be used at a primary election only if the automatic tabulating machines for the system will: (1) count only votes for the candidates of one (1) political party; (2) reject all votes for an office when the number of votes for the office exceeds the number that […]
Sec. 30. When a voter is handed a ballot card, the voter shall be instructed to: (1) use only the marking device provided for marking the cards and that the voter is not to mark a card in any other way; (2) be certain that the initials of the poll clerks appear on the voter’s […]
Sec. 31. If necessary, a precinct election officer shall assist a voter in determining if the proper initials appear on a ballot card. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(e) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7.
Sec. 31.5. (a) The exterior of a voting booth or compartment and each area of the polls must be in plain view of the precinct election board. Each voting booth or compartment shall be placed so that a person voting on the opposite side of the railing or a person on the outside of the […]
Sec. 31.6. Whenever a ballot card voting system is used in a precinct and a ballot form prescribed by this title refers to a voting mark, the county election board shall approve voting instructions indicating that a specific type of marking device is employed on the system to indicate a vote. As added by P.L.225-2011, […]
Sec. 31.7. (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 an optical scan voting system. (b) After receiving ballot cards, a voter shall, without leaving the room, go alone into one (1) of the booths or compartments that is […]
Sec. 32. If a voter needs additional instruction after entering the voting booth, the voter may request assistance from the two (2) judges. The judges shall then approach but not enter the booth and call out the additional instructions to the voter. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(e) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, […]
Sec. 32.5. (a) At a primary election, a voter may not remain in the voting booth or compartment longer than five (5) minutes. (b) At a general, municipal, or special election, a voter may not remain in the voting booth or compartment longer than four (4) minutes. (c) If a voter refuses to leave a […]
Sec. 32.8. If a voter shows the voter’s ballot card or a part of the card to another person after the card has been marked so as to disclose any of the candidates voted for or how the voter voted on a public question, the ballot card may not be deposited in a ballot box. […]
Sec. 33. (a) After a voter has marked a ballot card, the voter shall place it inside the envelope provided for this purpose or fold the ballot described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter and return the ballot card to the judge. (b) The judge shall offer to return the envelope with the ballot card […]
