Indiana § 3-11-14.5-1 System test; random selection of precincts; reprinting or correction of
ballots requiring additional testing

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-11-14.5-1 — System test; random selection of precincts; reprinting or correction of ballots requiring additional testing

Indiana § 3-11-14.5-1

Art. 11VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND

Ch. 14.5Public Tests of Electronic Voting Systems

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 3-11-14.5-1 (2026).

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(a)Not later than seventy-four (74) days before election day, for each county planning to use an electronic voting system at the next election, VSTOP shall provide each county election board with a randomly sorted list of unique identification numbers for the inventory of machines in the county maintained under IC 3-11-16-4. Starting at the top of the list, the county election board shall select machines in the list in the order listed so that:

(1)if a machine to be selected in the list is not scheduled to be used in the upcoming election, the selection process will move to the next machine in the order listed;

(2)each selected machine is scheduled to be used in the upcoming election; and

(3)the number of machines selected is not less than five percent (5%) of the machines in the count

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(a) Not later than seventy-four (74) days
before election day, for each county planning to use an electronic
voting system at the next election, VSTOP shall provide each county
election board with a randomly sorted list of unique identification
numbers for the inventory of machines in the county maintained under
IC 3-11-16-4. Starting at the top of the list, the county election board
shall select machines in the list in the order listed so that:
(1) if a machine to be selected in the list is not scheduled to be
used in the upcoming election, the selection process will move to
the next machine in the order listed;
(2) each selected machine is scheduled to be used in the
upcoming election; and
(3) the number of machines selected is not less than five percent
(5%) of the machines in the county scheduled by the county
election board to be used in the upcoming election.
(b) The county election board shall test the machines as described
in subsection (a) to ascertain that the machines will correctly count the
votes cast for straight party tickets, for all candidates (including
write-in candidates), and on all public questions. If an individual
attending the public test requests that additional electronic voting
systems be tested, then the county election board shall select and test
additional machines from the list in the manner described in subsection
(a).
(c) If VSTOP does not provide the lists under subsection (a) not
later than sixty (60) days before the election, the county election board
shall establish and implement a procedure for random selection of not
less than five percent (5%) of the machines in the county. The county
election board shall then test the machines selected to be used in the
upcoming election as described in subsection (b).
(d) The testing under subsection (b) must begin before absentee
voting starts in the office of the circuit court clerk under IC 3-11-10-26.
(e) If a county election board determines that:
(1) a ballot provided by an electronic voting system:
(A) must be corrected as provided by IC 3-11-2-16 because of
the omission of a candidate, political party, or public question
from the ballot; or
(B) is an absentee ballot that a voter is entitled to recast under
IC 3-11.5-4-2 because the absentee ballot includes a candidate
for election to office who:
(i) ceased to be a candidate; and
(ii) has been succeeded by a candidate selected under IC 3-13-1 or IC 3-13-2; and
(2) machines used in the test conducted under this section did not
contain a ballot that was reprinted or corrected to remove the
omission of a candidate, political party, or public question, or
indicate the name of the successor candidate;
the county election board shall conduct an additional public test
described in subsection (b) using the machines previously tested and
containing the reprinted or corrected ballots.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.130; P.L.100-2018, SEC.7; P.L.71-2019, SEC.18; P.L.278-2019, SEC.113; P.L.135-2020, SEC.5.