Indiana § 3-11-7-4 Capability of system; voting straight or split ticket variations;
candidates elected to school board or at-large offices

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-11-7-4 — Capability of system; voting straight or split ticket variations; candidates elected to school board or at-large offices

Indiana § 3-11-7-4

Art. 11VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND

Ch. 7Approval of Ballot Card Voting Systems

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 3-11-7-4 (2026).

Text

(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), a ballot card voting system must permit a voter to vote:

(1)except at a primary election, a straight party ticket for all of the candidates of one (1) political party by a single voting mark on each ballot card;

(2)for one (1) or more candidates of each political party or independent candidates, or for one (1) or more school board candidates nominated by petition;

(3)a split ticket for the candidates of different political parties and for independent candidates; or

(4)a straight party ticket and then split that ticket by casting individual votes for candidates of another political party or independent candidate.

(b)A ballot card voting system must require that a voter who wishes to cast a ballot for a candidate for election to a school board o

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a ballot
card voting system must permit a voter to vote:
(1) except at a primary election, a straight party ticket for all of
the candidates of one (1) political party by a single voting mark
on each ballot card;
(2) for one (1) or more candidates of each political party or
independent candidates, or for one (1) or more school board
candidates nominated by petition;
(3) a split ticket for the candidates of different political parties
and for independent candidates; or
(4) a straight party ticket and then split that ticket by casting
individual votes for candidates of another political party or
independent candidate.
(b) A ballot card voting system must require that a voter who wishes
to cast a ballot for a candidate for election to a school board office or
an at-large district to which more than one (1) person may be elected,
on a:
(1) county council;
(2) city common council;
(3) town council; or
(4) township board;
make a voting mark for each individual candidate for whom the voter
wishes to cast a vote. The ballot card voting system may not count any
straight party ticket voting mark as a vote for any candidate for an
office described by this subsection.
(c) A ballot card voting system must permit a voter to vote:
(1) for all candidates for presidential electors and alternate
presidential electors of a political party or an independent ticket
by making a single voting mark; and
(2) for or against a public question on which the voter may vote.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-3(a)(2).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.238; P.L.3-1993, SEC.131; P.L.221-2005, SEC.49; P.L.219-2013, SEC.38; P.L.21-2016, SEC.9; P.L.201-2017, SEC.29; P.L.278-2019, SEC.65; P.L.195-2025, SEC.7.