§ 3-11-4-19 — Necessity of circuit court clerk's official seal and signature and initials of members of absentee voter board

(a) Subject to IC 3-5-4-9, a ballot that is
mailed must bear the circuit court clerk's official seal and signature or
facsimile signature on the back of the ballot. Before the ballot is
mailed:
(1) the two (2) members of the absentee voter board in the office
of the circuit court clerk; or
(2) the two (2) appointed members of the county election board
or their designated representatives;
shall place their initials in ink on the back of the ballot. The initials
must be in the persons' ordinary handwriting or printing and without a
distinguishing mark of any kind. No other initialing of the absentee
ballot is necessary.
(b) An absentee ballot that is voted before an absentee voter board
under IC 3-11-10-25, IC 3-11-10-26, or IC 3-11-10-26.3, must bear the
seal, signature, and initials prescribed by IC 3-11-10-27.
(c) An absentee voter board member or county election board
member or the member's representative shall not place the individual's
initials on the absentee ballot:
(1) until after the voter's application for that ballot has been
approved; or
(2) more than twenty-four (24) hours before the absentee ballot is
mailed to the voter.
A ballot initialed under this subsection must be under the control of
two (2) individual members or representatives of opposite political
parties until the ballot is mailed to the voter.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-22-5(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.18; P.L.3-1987, SEC.230; P.L.263-2003, SEC.2; P.L.157-2019, SEC.15; P.L.193-2021, SEC.39.