§ 3-7-48-5 — Voter affirmation regarding voter's residency

(a) This section applies to a voter who:
(1) formerly resided in a precinct according to the voter
registration record; and
(2) no longer resides in that precinct according to the voter
registration record.
(b) As provided under 52 U.S.C. 20507(e)(3), a voter described by
subsection (a) may vote in the precinct where the voter formerly
resided (according to the voter registration record) if the voter makes
an oral or a written affirmation to a member of the precinct election
board that the voter continues to reside at the address shown as the
voter's former residence on the voter registration record.
(c) A person entitled to make a written affirmation under subsection
(b) may make an oral affirmation. The person must make the oral
affirmation before the poll clerks of the precinct. After the person
makes an oral affirmation under this subsection, the poll clerks shall:
(1) reduce the substance of the affirmation to writing at an
appropriate location on the poll list; and
(2) initial the affirmation.
(d) This subsection applies to a county that has adopted an order
under IC 3-7-29-6(a)(1) or is a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1.
A voter described in subsection (a) may make a written affirmation
described in this section on the affidavit prescribed by the election
division under IC 3-10-11-6. If the person makes an oral affirmation
under this subsection, the poll clerks shall reduce the substance of the
affirmation to writing by using the affidavit prescribed by the
commission under IC 3-10-11-6 and initial the affirmation.
(e) A voter may also make a written affirmation under this section
when applying for an absentee ballot.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.64-2014, SEC.34; P.L.128-2015, SEC.144; P.L.169-2015, SEC.50; P.L.227-2023, SEC.34.