Sec. 31.3. (a) This subsection applies to a primary election within an election district in which more than one (1) political party chooses the party's nominees or in which a nonpartisan ballot is available for a voter to vote for an office or on a public question. A voter whose political party is not recorded on the poll list as required under section 24 of this chapter shall be shown on the voter's registration record as having cast an unknown ballot in that primary.
(b) This subsection applies to a primary election within an election district in which only one (1) political party chooses its nominees and a nonpartisan ballot is not available. A voter:
(1) whose political party recorded on the poll list is not the political party conducting a primary within the election district;
(2) who is indicated on the poll list as having requested a nonpartisan ballot; or
(3) whose political party is not recorded on the poll list as required under section 24 of this chapter;
shall be shown on the voter's registration record as having cast a ballot for the political party choosing that political party's nominees in that primary election.
As added by P.L.219-2013, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.74-2017, SEC.34.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 10. Provisions Governing Certain Types of Elections
Chapter 1. Primary Elections in General Election Years
3-10-1-1. Application of Chapter
3-10-1-2. Political Parties Required to Hold Primary Election
3-10-1-4.6. Election of Precinct Committeemen of Indiana Republican Party
3-10-1-5. Noncontested Races and Unopposed Candidates
3-10-1-7.1. Copy of Registration Record and Voter Signatures; Evidence of Right to Vote
3-10-1-7.2. Proof of Identification; Exception; Failure to Produce; Challenge; Provisional Ballot
3-10-1-10. Persons Entitled to Challenge Voter
3-10-1-10.5. Challenged Voter Entitled to Cast Provisional Ballot; Exception
3-10-1-11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment
3-10-1-12. Preparation and Distribution of Ballots
3-10-1-13. Specifications for Ballots
3-10-1-14.1. Printing Names on Ballot
3-10-1-15. Separate Ticket for Each Political Party; Placement of Names Under Office Designation
3-10-1-16. Number of Candidates for Whom Each Person May Vote
3-10-1-17. Colored Ballot Labels; Party Designation
3-10-1-18. Candidates Ordered Alphabetically by Surname; Exception for Certain Counties
3-10-1-19. Form of Ballot and Public Questions; Order of Offices and Public Questions on Ballot
3-10-1-19.2. Order of Districts and Candidates on Ballot
3-10-1-19.5. Alternative Order of County Offices
3-10-1-19.7. Certain Information Not Required on Ballot
3-10-1-23. Voting Systems in County Having a City
3-10-1-24.6. Voter Identity Check; Comparison of Signatures
3-10-1-25. Paper Ballots or Ballot Card System; Procedures
3-10-1-26. Paper Ballots; Folding; Delivery to Inspector
3-10-1-27. Party Identification Card Receipt; Voting Time Limits
3-10-1-28. Depositing and Counting Party Identification Cards
3-10-1-28.5. Ballot Card Voting System; Procedures
3-10-1-30. Mutilated and Unvoted Ballots or Ballot Cards; Counting, Sealing and Labeling
3-10-1-31.2. Update of Registration Record; Time
3-10-1-33. Duplicate Copy of Returns; Transmission to Election Division