Indiana § 3-14-3-16 Electioneering

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-14-3-16 — Electioneering

Indiana·Art. 14 OFFENSES·Ch. 3 Interference With Free and Equal Elections

(a)As used in this section, "electioneering" means making a verbal statement, displaying a written statement indicating support or opposition to a candidate, political party, or public question appearing on the ballot, or wearing or displaying an article of clothing, sign, button, or placard that states:

(1)the name of any political party or includes the name, picture, photograph, or other likeness of any candidate or currently elected federal, state, county, or local official; or

(2)support for the approval or defeat of a public question.

(b)The term does not include expressing support or opposition to a candidate or a political party or expressing approval or disapproval of a public question in:

(1)material mailed to a voter; or

(2)a telephone or an electronic communication with a

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(a) As used in this section, "electioneering"
means making a verbal statement, displaying a written statement
indicating support or opposition to a candidate, political party, or
public question appearing on the ballot, or wearing or displaying an
article of clothing, sign, button, or placard that states:
(1) the name of any political party or includes the name, picture,
photograph, or other likeness of any candidate or currently elected
federal, state, county, or local official; or
(2) support for the approval or defeat of a public question.
(b) The term does not include expressing support or opposition to
a candidate or a political party or expressing approval or disapproval
of a public question in:
(1) material mailed to a voter; or
(2) a telephone or an electronic communication with a voter.
(c) A person who knowingly does any electioneering:
(1) on election day within:
(A) the polls; or
(B) the chute;
(2) before election day within:
(A) the office of the circuit court clerk or a satellite office of the
circuit court clerk established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 used by an
absentee voter board to permit an individual to cast an absentee
ballot; or
(B) fifty (50) feet of the entrance to the office of the circuit
court clerk or satellite office; or
(3) except for a voter who is:
(A) the person's spouse;
(B) an incapacitated person (as defined in IC 29-3-1-7.5) for
whom the person has been appointed the guardian (as defined
in IC 29-3-1-6); or
(C) a member of the person's household;
in the presence of a voter whom the person knows possesses an
absentee ballot provided to the voter in accordance with Indiana
law;
commits a Class A misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.405; P.L.66-2003, SEC.52; P.L.14-2004, SEC.177; P.L.103-2005, SEC.35; P.L.164-2006, SEC.132; P.L.194-2013, SEC.98; P.L.209-2021, SEC.11.