§ 3-11-13-28.1 — Applicability; initials of poll clerks on ballot card

Indiana § 3-11-13-28.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 11: VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND
• Ch. 13: Voting by Ballot Card Voting System

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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 in ink on the back of each ballot
card:
(1) at the time the card is issued to a voter; or
(2) in the case of a ballot marked by a marking device for an
optical scan ballot, before the ballot is placed into the tabulating
device.
The initials must be in the poll clerks' ordinary handwriting or printing
and without a distinguishing mark of any kind.
(c) In a county using an electronic poll list and a printer separate
from the electronic poll list, the printed initials of the poll clerks
captured through the electronic signature pad or tablet at the time the
poll clerks log into the electronic poll book system may be printed by
a printer separate from the electronic poll list on the back of each ballot
card immediately before the ballot card is delivered to the voter.
(d) Except as provided in IC 3-12-1-12, a ballot card is not valid
unless, immediately before the ballot card is delivered to the voter:
(1) the ballot card is initialed by both poll clerks; or
(2) the initials of both poll clerks are printed on the back of the
ballot card in accordance with subsection (c).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.76-2014, SEC.40. Amended by P.L.278-2019, SEC.108.