§ 3-7-33-3.7 — Voter registration application submitted to election division; transmission of application to county voter registration office

Indiana § 3-7-33-3.7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 7: VOTER REGISTRATION
• Ch. 33: Registration Forms; General Procedures for Processing

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7. (a) This section applies to a voter
registration application submitted to the election division in person or
by mail.
(b) An eligible applicant:
(1) who submits a completed application; or
(2) on whose behalf a completed application is submitted;
in person to the election division not later than 5 p.m. on the
twenty-ninth day before an election shall be registered to vote in the
election.
(c) An eligible applicant:
(1) who submits a completed application; or
(2) on whose behalf a completed application is submitted;
by mail to the election division shall be registered to vote in the
election, if the application is postmarked not later than the twenty-ninth
day before the election. If a postmark on an application submitted by
mail is missing or illegible, an eligible applicant shall be registered to
vote in the election, if the application is received by the election
division not later than the Monday following the close of the
registration period.
(d) The election division shall promptly forward an application
received under this section to the county voter registration office of the
county where the applicant resides. However, the election division shall
not transmit to a county voter registration office an application that
cannot be processed during the period when registration is closed under
IC 3-7-13-10 until at least seven (7) days after the date of the close of
registration. The election division shall clearly identify the applications
described by this subsection in the transmittal to the county voter
registration office as "late registrations".

Legislative History

As added by P.L.225-2011, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.54.