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Chapter 1. Application and General Provisions
3-11.7-1-1. Repealed - As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.87. Repealed by P.L.164-2006, SEC.143.
3-11.7-1-2. Form of Provisional Ballot - Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
3-11.7-1-3. Procedures Relating to Provisional Ballots - Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the...
3-11.7-1-4. Clerk to Estimate Number of Provisional Ballots Required for an Election - Sec. 4. Each circuit court clerk shall: (1) not less...
3-11.7-1-5. Repealed - As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.209-2003, SEC.170. Repealed...
3-11.7-1-6. Provisional Ballots Prepared by County Election Board; Write-in Votes; Delivery to Circuit Court Clerk - Sec. 6. (a) All provisional ballots shall be prepared and...
3-11.7-1-7. Clerk's Signature and Seal on Provisional Ballots - Sec. 7. Each provisional ballot must be signed by the...
3-11.7-1-8. Provisional Ballot Envelopes - Sec. 8. The county election board shall provide to each...
3-11.7-1-9. Marking Provisional Ballot Packages - Sec. 9. Each package of provisional ballots delivered to a...
Chapter 2. Casting a Provisional Ballot
3-11.7-2-1. Requirements; Notice to Voter - Sec. 1. (a) As provided by 52 U.S.C. 21082, this...
3-11.7-2-2. Duties of Voter; Instructions to Voter - Sec. 2. (a) A provisional voter shall do the following:...
3-11.7-2-3. Duties of Precinct Election Board; Affidavits and Envelopes; Provisional Ballots; Ballots Cast After Regular Polling Hours - Sec. 3. (a) The precinct election board shall affix to...
3-11.7-2-4. Handling Provisional Ballots at Close of Polls - Sec. 4. As required by 52 U.S.C. 21082, at the...
Chapter 3. Provisional Ballot Counters
3-11.7-3-1. Appointment of Provisional Ballot Counter Teams - Sec. 1. Each county election board shall appoint teams of...
3-11.7-3-2. Qualifications for Provisional Ballot Counters - Sec. 2. An otherwise qualified person is eligible to serve...
3-11.7-3-3. Recommendation of Provisional Ballot Counters by County Chairmen - Sec. 3. Not later than noon ten (10) days before...
3-11.7-3-4. Deadline for Recommendation by County Chairmen - Sec. 4. The county chairmen shall make written recommendations for...
3-11.7-3-5. Failure of County Chairman to Recommend; Appointment of Provisional Ballot Counters by County Election Board - Sec. 5. If a county chairman fails to make any...
3-11.7-3-6. Absentee Ballot Counters May Serve as Provisional Ballot Counters - Sec. 6. An individual serving as an absentee ballot counter...
3-11.7-3-7. Compensation of Provisional Ballot Counters - Sec. 7. A provisional ballot counter is entitled to a...
3-11.7-3-8. Absentee Ballot Counter, Provisional Ballot Counter Not Lucrative Office - Sec. 8. For purposes of Article 2, Section 9 of...
Chapter 4. Watchers for Political Parties, Candidates, and the Media
3-11.7-4-1. Applicability of Statutes Governing Watchers - Sec. 1. The following apply for the purposes of IC...
3-11.7-4-2. Rights and Requirements of Watchers Appointed by Parties or Independent Candidates - Sec. 2. (a) Political parties or independent candidates described in...
3-11.7-4-3. Rights and Requirements of Watchers Appointed by Candidates - Sec. 3. (a) A candidate entitled to appoint a watcher...
3-11.7-4-4. Rights and Requirements of Watchers Appointed by Media - Sec. 4. (a) Media entitled to appoint a watcher under...
Chapter 5. Counting Provisional Ballots
3-11.7-5-1. Requirements and Deadlines for Counting Ballots - Sec. 1. (a) After the close of the polls, provisional...
3-11.7-5-1.5. Provisional Ballot; Counting When Ballot Made Invalid by Mistake or Inadvertence of Election Officer; When Election Board May Determine Not to Count - Sec. 1.5. (a) Subsection (c) applies to a provisional ballot...
3-11.7-5-1.7. Effect of Affidavit Evidence on Counting Provisional Ballot - Sec. 1.7. (a) This section does not apply to a...
3-11.7-5-2. Criteria for Determining Validity of Ballots - Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 5 of...
3-11.7-5-2.5. Determining Validity of Provisional Ballot - Sec. 2.5. (a) A voter who: (1) was challenged under...
3-11.7-5-2.7. Determination of Validity of Provisional Ballot; Nondisclosure of Identifying Information - Sec. 2.7. During the county election board's consideration of the...
3-11.7-5-3. Consequence for Ballots Not Satisfying Criteria - Sec. 3. (a) If the board determines that the affidavit...
3-11.7-5-4. Valid Ballots; Opening and Marking - Sec. 4. If the board determines that a provisional ballot...
3-11.7-5-5. Ballots Rejected; Absence of Poll Clerks' Initials - Sec. 5. (a) If any ballot cast by a provisional...
3-11.7-5-6. Repealed - As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.87. Repealed by P.L.230-2005, SEC.91.
3-11.7-5-7. Counting Ballots by Laying on Table - Sec. 7. The provisional ballots shall be counted by laying...
3-11.7-5-8. Reading Names of Candidates; Ballot Questions - Sec. 8. (a) During the counting of the ballots, one...
3-11.7-5-9. Protest Counting of Ballots - Sec. 9. During the counting of the ballots: (1) the...
3-11.7-5-10. Referral of Protested Ballot to County Election Board - Sec. 10. If the counters cannot agree whether to count...
3-11.7-5-11. Counters Signing Protested Ballots - Sec. 11. Following a decision by the counters or the...
3-11.7-5-12. Noting Whether Protested Ballot Counted - Sec. 12. If a ballot or any part of a...
3-11.7-5-13. Separate Counting of Ballots From Other Precincts - Sec. 13. A counter may not count provisional ballots for...
3-11.7-5-14. Counting of Ballots by More Than One Set of Counters - Sec. 14. (a) This section applies if at least two...
3-11.7-5-15. Counting Write-in Ballots - Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to the counting of...
3-11.7-5-16. Certificate of Provisional Vote Count - Sec. 16. When all the votes have been counted, the...
3-11.7-5-17. Entry and Memorandum of Vote Count - Sec. 17. The number of votes that each candidate and...
3-11.7-5-18. Delivery of Certificates and Tally Papers to County Election Board - Sec. 18. The counters shall deliver the certificates prepared under...
3-11.7-5-19. Securing Ballots, Certificates, and Tally Papers; Delivery - Sec. 19. As soon as the ballots have been counted,...
3-11.7-5-20. Oath of Ballot Counters - Sec. 20. Upon delivery of the envelope or bag to...
3-11.7-5-21. Filing Ballot Counters' Oaths - Sec. 21. The circuit court clerk shall file the oath...
3-11.7-5-22. Secure Storage of Ballots and Papers - Sec. 22. The circuit court clerk shall place the envelope...
3-11.7-5-23. Locks on Stored Ballots and Papers - Sec. 23. The circuit court clerk shall do the following:...
3-11.7-5-24. Time for Storage of Ballots and Papers - Sec. 24. The circuit court clerk shall preserve the receptacle...
3-11.7-5-25. Time for Retention of Ballots and Papers When Election Contested - Sec. 25. If the election is contested, the clerk shall...
3-11.7-5-26. Destruction of Stored Ballots and Papers - Sec. 26. When permitted under IC 3-10-1-31.1, the clerk and...
3-11.7-5-27. Contract With State Educational Institution for Disposal of Ballots - Sec. 27. A county election board may contract with a...
3-11.7-5-28. News Media Certificate of Provisional Ballot Totals - Sec. 28. Immediately upon completion of the vote count, the...
3-11.7-5-29. Delivery of News Media Certificate - Sec. 29. The counters shall deliver the certificate to the...
3-11.7-5-30. Provisional Ballot Cast by Voter Registered in County Not Where Provisional Ballot Cast; Notification of County in Which Voter Is Registered - Sec. 30. (a) This section applies to a provisional ballot...
Chapter 6. Additional Provisions Relating to Provisional Ballots
3-11.7-6-1. Canvassing Returns - Sec. 1. (a) Provisional ballot counters shall conduct the activities...
3-11.7-6-2. Recounts; Precinct of Voter Residence - Sec. 2. A provisional ballot is considered to be cast...
3-11.7-6-3. Establishment of Free Access System for Provisional Voter to Determine Whether Vote Is Counted; Entry of Information Into Computerized List; Access of Information by Individual; Confidentiality; Written Instructions - Sec. 3. (a) As required by 52 U.S.C. 21082, a...
3-11.7-6-4. Repealed - As added by P.L.193-2021, SEC.81. Repealed by P.L.115-2022, SEC.13.
Chapter 7. Standards for Issuing an Order Extending the Hour for the Closing of the Polls
3-11.7-7-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to any order described by...
3-11.7-7-2. Only County Election Board Has Standing in Action for Seeking Order to Extend Closing of Polls; Unanimous Vote - Sec. 2. (a) Only a county election board has standing...
3-11.7-7-3. Issuance of Order to Extend Closing of Polls; Evidence and Findings Required - Sec. 3. (a) Before issuing an order under this chapter,...
3-11.7-7-4. Order to Extend Closing of Polls; Limitations - Sec. 4. If the court or state governmental entity determines...
3-11.7-7-5. Appeal of Denial of Order to Indiana Supreme Court - Sec. 5. (a) The county election board may appeal any...