Indiana § 3-11.5-4-15 Challenge of absentee ballot at polls; procedure

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-11.5-4-15 — Challenge of absentee ballot at polls; procedure

Indiana § 3-11.5-4-15

Art. 11.5COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Ch. 4General Procedures for Counties

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Ind. Code § 3-11.5-4-15 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (c), the vote of an absentee voter may be challenged at the polls for the reason that the absentee voter is not a legal voter of the precinct where the ballot is being cast.

(b)Before the inspector prepares to mark the poll list to indicate that an absentee ballot cast by the voter has been received by the county election board according to a certificate delivered to the polls under section 1 or section 8 of this chapter, the inspector shall notify the challengers and the pollbook holders that the inspector is about to mark the poll list under this section. The inspector shall provide the challengers and pollbook holders with the name and address of each voter listed in the certificate so that the voter may be challenged under this article.

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the
vote of an absentee voter may be challenged at the polls for the reason
that the absentee voter is not a legal voter of the precinct where the
ballot is being cast.
(b) Before the inspector prepares to mark the poll list to indicate that
an absentee ballot cast by the voter has been received by the county
election board according to a certificate delivered to the polls under
section 1 or section 8 of this chapter, the inspector shall notify the
challengers and the pollbook holders that the inspector is about to mark
the poll list under this section. The inspector shall provide the
challengers and pollbook holders with the name and address of each
voter listed in the certificate so that the voter may be challenged under
this article.
(c) This section applies to a county that:
(1) has adopted an order to use an electronic poll list under IC 3-7-29-6(a)(1); or
(2) is a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1.
The vote of an absentee ballot may be challenged for the reason that the
absentee voter is not a legal voter of the precinct for which the absentee
ballot was issued. Before the absentee ballot counters process an
absentee ballot, the absentee ballot counters shall notify the county
election board. A county election board member, or a representative
designated by a county election board member, may challenge the
absentee ballot under section 16 of this chapter.
(d) The challenge under this section must be determined using the
procedures for counting a provisional ballot under IC 3-11.7.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.140; P.L.271-2013, SEC.29; P.L.64-2014, SEC.64; P.L.169-2015, SEC.139.