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

Indiana § 3-11-11-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 11: VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND
• Ch. 11: Voting by Paper Ballot

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

Legislative History

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; P.L.128-2015, SEC.186.