Indiana § 3-14-3-4 Obstruction of, interference with, or injury of voter or election worker

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-14-3-4 — Obstruction of, interference with, or injury of voter or election worker

Indiana § 3-14-3-4

Art. 14OFFENSES

Ch. 3Interference With Free and Equal Elections

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Ind. Code § 3-14-3-4 (2026).

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(a)This section does not apply to an offense that occurs at a health facility (as defined in IC 16-18-2-167).

(b)For purposes of this section, "election worker" means an individual who serves as:

(1)a precinct election officer, including an individual who serves as a precinct election officer at a vote center using a different title under IC 3-6-6-5.5;

(2)a member of a county election board;

(3)a member of a county board of elections and registration;

(4)a member of a board of registration established under IC 3-7-12;

(5)a circuit court clerk;

(6)an employee of the office of a circuit court clerk;

(7)a member of a town election board;

(8)an individual who serves under IC 3-6-6-39;

(9)a challenger or pollbook holder under IC 3-6-7;

(10)a watcher under IC 3-6-8, IC 3-6-9, or IC 3

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(a) This section does not apply to an offense that
occurs at a health facility (as defined in IC 16-18-2-167).
(b) For purposes of this section, "election worker" means an
individual who serves as:
(1) a precinct election officer, including an individual who serves
as a precinct election officer at a vote center using a different title
under IC 3-6-6-5.5;
(2) a member of a county election board;
(3) a member of a county board of elections and registration;
(4) a member of a board of registration established under IC 3-7-12;
(5) a circuit court clerk;
(6) an employee of the office of a circuit court clerk;
(7) a member of a town election board;
(8) an individual who serves under IC 3-6-6-39;
(9) a challenger or pollbook holder under IC 3-6-7;
(10) a watcher under IC 3-6-8, IC 3-6-9, or IC 3-6-10; or
(11) an individual appointed under IC 3-11.5-4:
(A) to an absentee voter board;
(B) as an absentee ballot counter; or
(C) as a courier.
(c) A person who, with the intent to obstruct or interfere with an
election worker or a voter in the chute, knowingly or intentionally:
(1) obstructs or interferes with:
(A) an election worker in the discharge of the election worker's
duty; or
(B) a voter within the chute; and
(2) engages in the obstruction or interference on:
(A) election day; or
(B) a day on which voting is permitted to occur before an
absentee voter board;
commits a Level 6 felony.
(d) A person who knowingly or intentionally injures an election
worker or a voter:
(1) in the exercise of the election worker's or voter's rights or
duties; or
(2) because the election worker or voter has exercised the election
worker's or voter's rights or duties;
commits a Level 6 felony.
(e) A person called as a witness to testify against another for a
violation of this section is a competent witness to prove the offense
even though the person may have been a party to the violation. The
person shall be compelled to testify as other witnesses. However, the
person's evidence may not be used against the person in a prosecution
growing out of matters about which the person testifies, and the person
is not liable to indictment or information for the offense.