Indiana § 3-11-7.5-10 Capability of system; voting straight or split ticket variations;
candidates elected to school board or at-large offices

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-11-7.5-10 — Capability of system; voting straight or split ticket variations; candidates elected to school board or at-large offices

Indiana § 3-11-7.5-10

Art. 11VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND

Ch. 7.5Approval of Electronic Voting Systems

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 3-11-7.5-10 (2026).

Text

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

(1)except at a primary election, a straight party ticket for all the candidates of one (1) political party by touching the device of that party;

(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 candidates.

(b)An electronic voting system must require that a voter who wishes to cast a ballot for a candidate for election to a school board office or

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an
electronic voting system must permit a voter to vote:
(1) except at a primary election, a straight party ticket for all the
candidates of one (1) political party by touching the device of that
party;
(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 candidates.
(b) An electronic 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 electronic 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) An electronic voting system must permit a voter to vote:
(1) for as many candidates for an office as the voter may vote for,
but no more;
(2) for or against a public question on which the voter may vote,
but no other; and
(3) for all the candidates for presidential electors and alternate
presidential electors of a political party or an independent ticket
by making a single voting mark.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.250. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.141; P.L.219-2013, SEC.39; P.L.21-2016, SEC.15; P.L.201-2017, SEC.30; P.L.278-2019, SEC.66; P.L.195-2025, SEC.9.