Indiana Statutes

§ 3-11.5-4-6 — Secure keeping ballots; scanning ballots before election day; ballots may not be tabulated before election day

Indiana § 3-11.5-4-6
JurisdictionIndiana
Art. 11.5COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Ch. 4General Procedures for Counties

This text of Indiana § 3-11.5-4-6 (Secure keeping ballots; scanning ballots before election day; ballots may not be tabulated before election day) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Ind. Code § 3-11.5-4-6 (2026).

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(a)Each circuit court clerk shall keep all accepted ballot envelopes securely sealed in the clerk's office until the ballot envelopes are opened by absentee ballot counters in accordance with this chapter.
(b)A county election board may scan a voted absentee ballot card using an optical scan ballot scanner not earlier than seven (7) calendar days before election day. However, the county election board:
(1)may not tabulate the ballots before election day; and
(2)shall retract a previously scanned absentee ballot card of a voter who is later found disqualified or whose ballot may not be counted for any other reason under this title.

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Legislative History

As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.278-2019, SEC.123; P.L.108-2021, SEC.10.

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