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Home » US Law » 2022 Indiana Code » Title 3. Elections » Article 7. Voter Registration » Chapter 34. Registration Forms; Special Procedures for Processing Incomplete or Incorrectly Filed Applications

3-7-34-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a county voter registration office receives a registration form that is not properly completed under: (1) IC 3-7 or 52 U.S.C. 21083; or (2) is filed in an incorrect county. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.209-2003, SEC.53; P.L.81-2005, SEC.19; P.L.128-2015, SEC.117.

3-7-34-1.5. “Incomplete” Registration Forms; Determination

Sec. 1.5. (a) For purposes of this chapter, a registration form is “incomplete” if the applicant does not provide any of the following: (1) The name of the applicant. (2) The residence address of the applicant (other than the ZIP code). (3) The mailing address of the applicant (other than the ZIP code), unless the […]

3-7-34-1.7. “Registration Form”

Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, “registration form” includes an application for registration or a request to transfer the voter’s registration to another address. As added by P.L.81-2005, SEC.20.

3-7-34-10. Election Division to Forward Forms to County Voter Registration Office

Sec. 10. Whenever the election division receives authorization to cancel a registration for a resident of a county in Indiana, the election division shall forward the cancellation on an expedited basis to the county voter registration office. To comply with this section, the election division may forward an optically scanned image of the cancellation to […]

3-7-34-11. Clerk to Forward Forms to County Board

Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to a county with a board of registration. (b) If the circuit court clerk receives a registration form for a resident of the county, the clerk shall promptly forward the form to the board of registration. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.44.

3-7-34-12. Reproduction of Incompatible Forms

Sec. 12. If the registration form is not compatible with the county’s voter registration files of original voter registration affidavits, the county voter registration office may reproduce the form for the county’s system and retain the original form to document the registration. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.209-2003, SEC.57; P.L.164-2006, SEC.30.

3-7-34-3. Processing Incomplete Voter Registration Application

Sec. 3. (a) This subsection applies to a registration form that is incomplete as a result of the failure of the applicant to answer either of the questions set forth in IC 3-7-22-5(3) or IC 3-7-22-5(4). If the county voter registration office obtains a written statement made under the penalties for perjury from the applicant: […]

3-7-34-4. Applicability; Certification of Incomplete Forms to Board; Rejection

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an absent uniformed services voter who submits a registration application less than ten (10) days before the election under IC 3-7-36. (b) Not later than ten (10) days before the election, the county voter registration office shall certify to the county election board a list of […]

3-7-34-4.5. Voter Registration Application Lacking Information to Be Supplied by Individual Who Received Application; Contact Voter and Individual Who Received Application; Effect of Lack of Information; Notice to County Election Board

Sec. 4.5. (a) This section applies to an application that is incomplete under section 1.5(b) of this chapter. (b) If the application contains all the information required to be supplied by the voter, but does not include: (1) information required to be supplied by an individual who received the completed application from the voter; or […]

3-7-34-5. Effort to Be Made to Obtain Missing Information

Sec. 5. (a) If a registration form contains all of the information required to be supplied by the voter, but does not include the information required to be supplied by the bureau of motor vehicles commission, the county voter registration office shall promptly make one (1) effort to contact the commission to obtain the information. […]

3-7-34-6. Processing of Forms

Sec. 6. If the county voter registration office obtains the information under section 5 of this chapter required to complete the form, the county voter registration office shall process the form under this article. If the county voter registration office cannot obtain the information under section 5 of this chapter and the form is otherwise […]

3-7-34-8. Notice of Noncompliance

Sec. 8. The county election board shall notify the NVRA official if an officer, a commission, or an agency does not comply with section 7 of this chapter. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.65.

3-7-34-9. Forwarding Forms to Proper County

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies when a county voter registration office receives a registration form for a voter whose address is: (1) located in Indiana; and (2) not located in the county where the county voter registration office is located. (b) The county voter registration office shall deliver or mail the registration form described […]