Indiana § 3-11-4-1 Entitlement to vote by absentee ballot in clerk's office or satellite
office; conditions

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-11-4-1 — Entitlement to vote by absentee ballot in clerk's office or satellite office; conditions

Indiana § 3-11-4-1

Art. 11VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND

Ch. 4Eligibility and Application for Absentee Ballot

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(a)A voter who is otherwise qualified to vote in person is entitled to vote by absentee ballot. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a voter voting by absentee ballot must vote in the office of the circuit court clerk (or board of elections and registration in a county subject to IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.6) or at a satellite office established under IC 3-11-10-26.3.

(b)A county election board, by unanimous vote of its entire membership, may authorize a person who is otherwise qualified to vote in person to vote by absentee ballot if the board determines that the person has been hospitalized or suffered an injury following the final date and hour for applying for an absentee ballot that would prevent the person from voting in person at the polls.

(c)A county election board or boar

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(a) A voter who is otherwise qualified to vote in
person is entitled to vote by absentee ballot. Except as otherwise
provided in this article, a voter voting by absentee ballot must vote in
the office of the circuit court clerk (or board of elections and
registration in a county subject to IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.6) or at a
satellite office established under IC 3-11-10-26.3.
(b) A county election board, by unanimous vote of its entire
membership, may authorize a person who is otherwise qualified to vote
in person to vote by absentee ballot if the board determines that the
person has been hospitalized or suffered an injury following the final
date and hour for applying for an absentee ballot that would prevent the
person from voting in person at the polls.
(c) A county election board or board of elections and registration,
by unanimous vote of its entire membership, may authorize an
individual who is otherwise qualified to vote in person and wishes to
vote by absentee ballot to file an application for an absentee ballot if
the board determines that:
(1) during the last eleven (11) days before the election:
(A) the governor has declared a disaster emergency under IC 10-14-3-12; or
(B) the county has declared a local disaster emergency under IC 10-14-3-29;
(2) the disaster emergency prevents the individual from voting in
person at a polling place; and
(3) an absentee voter board can receive the voter's absentee ballot
not later than 6 p.m. on election day.
(d) The absentee ballots used in subsection (b) or (c) must be the
same official absentee ballots as described in section 15 of this chapter.
Taking into consideration the amount of time remaining before the
election, the commission, the county election board, or the board of
elections and registration shall determine whether the absentee ballots
are transmitted to and from the voter by any of the following:
(1) Mail.
(2) Personal delivery.
An absentee ballot that is personally delivered shall comply with the
requirements in sections 19, 20, and 21 of this chapter.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-22-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.223; P.L.7-1990, SEC.40; P.L.4-1991, SEC.67; P.L.3-1993, SEC.124; P.L.17-1993, SEC.10; P.L.1-1994, SEC.4; P.L.12-1995, SEC.76; P.L.3-1995, SEC.98; P.L.2-1996, SEC.140; P.L.126-2002, SEC.47; P.L.14-2004, SEC.101; P.L.66-2010, SEC.9; P.L.109-2021, SEC.19; P.L.193-2021, SEC.36.