Sec. 1. This chapter prescribes voter registration procedures in agencies providing state funded programs primarily engaged in serving persons with disabilities as provided in 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(2)(B). As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.53.
Sec. 10. As provided in 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(4)(B), an agency designated under this chapter that provides services to a person with a disability at the person’s home shall provide voter registration services under this chapter at the person’s home. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.55.
Sec. 11. The election division shall prescribe the design of the registration form to be used under this chapter. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.58; P.L.169-2015, SEC.21.
Sec. 12. The registration form prescribed under section 11 of this chapter must meet the following requirements: (1) The form must be equivalent to the mail registration form prescribed by the election division under IC 3-7-31 and in compliance with 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(6)(A)(ii). (2) The form must include a statement that does the following: (A) […]
Sec. 13. If the form used by an applicant to decline to register to vote is on a separate form from the voter registration application, the declination form must contain the following: (1) A statement reading “If you decline to register to vote, this is confidential, and can only be used for voter registration purposes.”. […]
Sec. 14. An applicant who fails to check either box described in section 12(3) of this chapter or to sign a separate declination form under section 13 of this chapter shall be considered to have declined to register. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25.
Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply to voter registration required under section 10 of this chapter. (b) To register under this chapter, an individual must do the following while on the premises of the office: (1) Complete the voter registration application prescribed under section 11 of this chapter. (2) Present the application to […]
Sec. 16. An employee or a volunteer of the office who provides an individual with an application for assistance or services under this chapter shall do the following: (1) Inform each individual who applies for assistance or services that the information the individual provides on the individual’s voter registration application will be used to register […]
Sec. 17. If an individual is registering to vote after the twenty-ninth day before the date that a primary, general, municipal, or special election is scheduled in the precinct where the voter resides, the employee or a volunteer of the office who provides an individual with an application for assistance or services under this chapter […]
Sec. 18. As provided in 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(5), an employee or a volunteer of the office shall not do any of the following: (1) Seek to influence an applicant’s political preference or party registration. (2) Display any political preference or party allegiance, including any pictures, photographs, or other likenesses of any currently elected federal, state, […]
Sec. 19. As provided in 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(4)(A)(ii) and 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(6)(C), an office designated under this chapter must offer the same degree of assistance in helping an applicant complete a voter registration form as the applicant receives from the agency in completing forms for assistance or services, unless the individual refuses assistance in completing […]
Sec. 2. The general assembly finds the following: (1) Persons with a disability will desire and should have the full opportunity to register to vote by using any registration method set forth in this article, and not merely through the agencies described in section 1 of this chapter. (2) The offices and individuals serving persons […]
Sec. 2.5. The NVRA official shall designate the agencies required to provide voter registration services under this chapter after determining the extent to which: (1) an agency’s programs are funded by the state; and (2) the agency is primarily engaged in serving persons with disabilities. As added by P.L.258-2013, SEC.23.
Sec. 20. Whenever an applicant completes a voter registration application under this chapter, the office shall provide the applicant with a written acknowledgment that the applicant has completed a voter registration application at the office. The acknowledgment: (1) may be a detachable part of the registration form prescribed under section 11 of this chapter; and […]
Sec. 21. An applicant who completes a voter registration application under this chapter is not required to submit the application to a circuit court clerk or board of registration member. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.26.
Sec. 22. Voter registration information received or maintained by an office under this chapter is confidential and may be used only for voter registration purposes as provided in this article and 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(7). As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.60.
Sec. 23. Unless the applicant refuses to permit the office to transmit the form to the circuit court clerk or board of registration of the county where the applicant resides, the office shall forward the voter registration application or declination to the clerk or board not later than five (5) days after the date of […]
Sec. 24. A signed application under section 11 of this chapter authorizes a circuit court clerk or board of registration to update the voter registration record of the applicant. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25.
Sec. 25. The circuit court clerk or board of registration shall, upon receiving a completed application under section 23 of this chapter, notify the applicant of the disposition of the application in the manner prescribed under IC 3-7-33, and as required under 52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(2). As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.62.
Sec. 26. The governing body of an agency designated under this chapter shall designate an individual to be responsible for performing the voter registration duties of the agency in each office of the agency where services are provided. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.25.
