Indiana § 3-14-4-8 Opening or marking ballot or ascertaining how voter voted

Indiana Statutes

§ 3-14-4-8 — Opening or marking ballot or ascertaining how voter voted

Indiana § 3-14-4-8

Art. 14OFFENSES

Ch. 4Procedural Violations by Election Officers

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 3-14-4-8 (2026).

Text

A member of a precinct election board, an absentee ballot counter appointed under IC 3-11.5-4-22, or a provisional ballot counter appointed under IC 3-11.7-3 who knowingly:

(1)opens or marks, by folding or otherwise, a ballot presented by a voter, except as provided by law; or

(2)tries to find out how the voter voted before the ballot is deposited in the ballot box or cast on a ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system or counted by the absentee ballot counter; commits a Level 6 felony.

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A member of a precinct election board, an
absentee ballot counter appointed under IC 3-11.5-4-22, or a
provisional ballot counter appointed under IC 3-11.7-3 who knowingly:
(1) opens or marks, by folding or otherwise, a ballot presented by
a voter, except as provided by law; or
(2) tries to find out how the voter voted before the ballot is
deposited in the ballot box or cast on a ballot card voting system
or an electronic voting system or counted by the absentee ballot
counter;
commits a Level 6 felony.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.491; P.L.3-1993, SEC.235; P.L.19-1993, SEC.5; P.L.126-2002, SEC.90; P.L.221-2005, SEC.139; P.L.158-2013, SEC.54.