Sec. 16. (a) As used in this section, "electioneering" means making a verbal statement, displaying a written statement indicating support or opposition to a candidate, political party, or public question appearing on the ballot, or wearing or displaying an article of clothing, sign, button, or placard that states:
(1) the name of any political party or includes the name, picture, photograph, or other likeness of any candidate or currently elected federal, state, county, or local official; or
(2) support for the approval or defeat of a public question.
(b) The term does not include expressing support or opposition to a candidate or a political party or expressing approval or disapproval of a public question in:
(1) material mailed to a voter; or
(2) a telephone or an electronic communication with a voter.
(c) A person who knowingly does any electioneering:
(1) on election day within:
(A) the polls; or
(B) the chute;
(2) before election day within:
(A) the office of the circuit court clerk or a satellite office of the circuit court clerk established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 used by an absentee voter board to permit an individual to cast an absentee ballot; or
(B) fifty (50) feet of the entrance to the office of the circuit court clerk or satellite office; or
(3) except for a voter who is:
(A) the person's spouse;
(B) an incapacitated person (as defined in IC 29-3-1-7.5) for whom the person has been appointed the guardian (as defined in IC 29-3-1-6); or
(C) a member of the person's household;
in the presence of a voter whom the person knows possesses an absentee ballot provided to the voter in accordance with Indiana law;
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.405; P.L.66-2003, SEC.52; P.L.14-2004, SEC.177; P.L.103-2005, SEC.35; P.L.164-2006, SEC.132; P.L.194-2013, SEC.98; P.L.209-2021, SEC.11.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 3. Interference With Free and Equal Elections
3-14-3-0.1. Effect of Legislation Enacted During 2015 Regular Session of the General Assembly
3-14-3-2. Failure to Cast or Return Ballot in Authorized Manner
3-14-3-3. Interference With Watcher's Duties
3-14-3-4. Obstruction Of, Interference With, or Injury of Voter or Election Officer
3-14-3-5. Tampering With Voting System
3-14-3-6. Allowing Inaccurately Adjusted Voting System to Be Used
3-14-3-7. Removal, Change, or Mutilation of Voting System Ballot Label to Deceive Voter
3-14-3-8. Damaging, Disarranging, or Tampering With Voting System
3-14-3-9. Failure to Receive Vote of Legal Voter
3-14-3-12. Leaving Poll With Ballot or Ballot Marking Device
3-14-3-13. Removal of Ballot From Polling Place
3-14-3-14. Printers; Unauthorized Printing or Delivery of Ballots
3-14-3-15. Unauthorized Entries at Polls
3-14-3-17. Inducement of Votes by Board Member or Precinct Election Officer
3-14-3-18. Actions to Unlawfully Influence Voter or Candidate
3-14-3-19. Inducing Votes by Gift or Offer to Compensate
3-14-3-20. Acceptance or Solicitation of Compensation to Induce or Procure Votes
3-14-3-20.5. Conspiracy to Secure Fraudulent Registration or Absentee Ballot Application
3-14-3-21. Influencing Political Opinions or Actions of Employees in the Workplace
3-14-3-21.5. Voter Intimidation