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IN Code § 3-11-18.1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-3. Designation of County as Vote Center County; Adoption of Vote Center Order and Plan

Sec. 3. (a) A county must comply with this section to become a vote center county.(b) As used in this section, "board" refers to any of the following:(1) The county election board.(2) The board of elections and registration.(c) The board shall hold a public hearing to present a draft plan for administration of vote centers in the county.(d) After presentation of the draft plan under subsection (c), the board shall accept written public comments on the draft plan.(e) At least thirty (30) days after the hearing held under subsection (c), the board shall hold a public hearing to consider the following:(1) The draft plan.(2) The written public comments.(3) Any other public comment that the board may permit on the draft plan.(f) After consideration of the draft plan and the public comments, the board may do the following:(1) Adopt an order approving the draft plan.(2) Amend the draft plan and adopt an order approving the amended draft plan.The board may adopt the order to approve a plan only by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board.(g) All members of the board must sign the order adopting the plan.(h) The order and the adopted plan must be filed with the election division and must include a copy of:(1) a resolution adopted by the county executive; and(2) a resolution adopted by the county fiscal body;approving the designation of the county as a vote center county.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.170-2019, SEC.14.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-5. Use of Vote Centers; Exceptions

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a plan must provide a vote center for use by voters residing within the county for use in a primary election, general election, special election, municipal primary, or municipal election conducted on or after the effective date of the county election board's order.(b) A plan may provide that a vote center will not be used in a municipal election conducted in 2023 and every four (4) years thereafter for some or all of the towns:(1) located within the county; and(2) having a population of less than three thousand five hundred (3,500).(c) This section does not apply in a town that has established a town election board under IC 3-10-7-5.7 while the resolution established under IC 3-10-7-5.7 is in effect.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.64-2014, SEC.60; P.L.201-2017, SEC.31; P.L.278-2019, SEC.116; P.L.193-2021, SEC.68.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-6. Number of Vote Centers Required; Number Required for a Special Election

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), when the total number of active voters in the county equals at least twenty-five thousand (25,000), the following apply:(1) The plan must provide for at least one (1) vote center for each ten thousand (10,000) active voters.(2) In addition to the vote centers designated in subdivision (1), the plan must provide for a vote center for any fraction of ten thousand (10,000) active voters.(b) When a county conducts a special election described in IC 3-10-8-1 that is conducted in only part of a county and not on the same date as a primary, general, or municipal election held in the county, the following apply:(1) The plan must provide for at least one (1) vote center.(2) If the election district for the special election contains at least ten thousand (10,000) active voters, the following apply:(A) The plan must provide for at least one (1) vote center for each ten thousand (10,000) active voters in the election district.(B) In addition to the vote centers required in clause (A), the plan must provide for a voter center for any fraction of ten thousand (10,000) active voters in the election district.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.201-2017, SEC.32.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-7. Designation of Vote Center County; Criteria

Sec. 7. Before adopting an order designating a county as a vote center county under this chapter, the county election board must determine the following:(1) That the secure electronic connection as described under section 4(9)(B) of this chapter is sufficient to prevent:(A) any voter from voting more than once; and(B) unauthorized access by any person to:(i) the electronic poll lists for a precinct whose polls are to be located at the vote center; or(ii) the computerized list of voters of the county.(2) That the planned design and location of the equipment and precinct officers will provide the most efficient access for:(A) voters to enter the polls, cast their ballots, and leave the vote center; and(B) precinct election officials, watchers, challengers, and pollbook holders to exercise their rights and perform their duties within the vote center.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.278-2019, SEC.117.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-8. Effective Date of Designation; Rescission of Designation

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the designation of a county as a vote center county takes effect immediately upon the filing of the order with the election division, unless otherwise specified by the county election board.(b) An order filed with the election division during the final sixty (60) days before an election becomes effective on the day following the election.(c) The designation of a county as a vote center county remains in effect until the county election board, by unanimous vote of its entire membership:(1) rescinds the order designating the county as a vote center county; and(2) files a copy of the document rescinding the order with the election division.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.82.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-9. Notice of Vote Center Locations

Sec. 9. The county executive shall publish notice of the location of each vote center in accordance with IC 3-11-8-3.2.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-10. Administration of Election According to Laws and Plan

Sec. 10. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the county shall administer an election conducted at a vote center in accordance with federal law, this title, and the plan adopted with the county election board's order under section 3 of this chapter.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.225-2011, SEC.70.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-11. Casting Absentee Ballots at Vote Centers Located at Satellite Offices

Sec. 11. Notwithstanding any other law, a voter who resides in a vote center county is entitled to cast an absentee ballot at a vote center located at a satellite office of the county election board established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions applicable to a voter wishing to cast an absentee ballot before an absentee board located in the office of the circuit court clerk or board of elections and registration.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-13. Voter Right to Cast Vote at Any Vote Center in County

Sec. 13. Notwithstanding any other law, including IC 3-11-8-2 and IC 3-14-2-11, a voter who resides in a vote center county is entitled to cast a ballot at any vote center established in the county without regard to the precinct in which the voter resides.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-14. Separation of Ballots at Vote Center by Precinct; Exception for Marion County; Reports of Anomaly With Poll Book

Sec. 14. (a) The precinct election board administering an election at a vote center shall keep the ballots cast in each precinct separate from the ballots cast in any other precinct whose election is administered at the vote center, so that the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each of the precincts administered by the board may be determined and included on the statement required by IC 3-12-4-9.(b) This subsection applies to a county having a consolidated city, if either of the following applies to the county:(1) The county has adopted an order under IC 3-7-29-6(a)(1) to use an electronic poll book.(2) The county is a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1.The precinct election board administering an election at a vote center shall keep the ballots secure so that the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each of the precincts administered by the board may be determined and included on the statement required by IC 3-12-4-9. The county election board shall separate the ballots by precinct if a recount is requested.(c) This subsection applies:(1) to a county described under section 12 of this chapter on and after the date absentee ballots are first transmitted to voters; and(2) to any anomaly or problem, whether due to a technical reason or due to human error with electronic poll book use.A person that receives a certification for an electronic poll book shall file not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the discovery of an anomaly or problem with the poll book a written report in accordance with IC 3-11-17-7.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.134; P.L.71-2019, SEC.30; P.L.278-2019, SEC.119.
IN Code § 3-11-18.1-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11. Voting Methods, Supplies, and Equipment|Chapter 18.1. Vote Centers|3-11-18.1-15. Amendment of County Vote Center Plan

Sec. 15. (a) A county may amend a plan adopted with a county election board's order under section 3 of this chapter.(b) For a county to amend its plan:(1) the county election board or board of elections and registration, by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board, must approve the plan amendment;(2) all members of the board must sign the amendment; and(3) the amendment must be filed with the election division.(c) A plan amendment takes effect immediately upon filing with the election division, unless otherwise specified by the county election board.As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.225-2011, SEC.71; P.L.170-2019, SEC.15.
IN Code § 3-11.5-1-1.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 1. County Option for Counting Absentee Ballots at a Central Location|3-11.5-1-1.1. Applicability of Article

Sec. 1.1. This article applies to all counties.As added by P.L.8-1995, SEC.53. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.333; P.L.266-2013, SEC.3; P.L.170-2019, SEC.16; P.L.278-2019, SEC.120.
IN Code § 3-11.5-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 2. Definitions|3-11.5-2-1. Absentee Ballot Counter

Sec. 1. As used in this article, "absentee ballot counter" refers to a person designated under IC 3-11.5-4-22.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 3-11.5-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 2. Definitions|3-11.5-2-2. Central Location for Counting Absentee Ballots

Sec. 2. As used in this article, "central location for counting absentee ballots" refers to a location for counting absentee ballots that a county election board must establish under this article.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.138.
IN Code § 3-11.5-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 2. Definitions|3-11.5-2-5. When an Absentee Ballot Application or Absentee Ballot Is Considered Sent

Sec. 5. An absentee ballot application or an absentee ballot is considered "sent" to a voter if the application or ballot is:(1) sent by United States mail addressed to the voter;(2) transmitted by fax to a number provided by the voter; or(3) personally given to the voter.As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.77.
IN Code § 3-11.5-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 3. Watchers for Political Parties, Candidates, and the Media|3-11.5-3-1. Function of Watchers

Sec. 1. The following apply for the purposes of IC 3-6-8, IC 3-6-9, and IC 3-6-10:(1) A central location for counting absentee ballots shall be treated the same as a precinct poll.(2) An absentee ballot counter shall be treated the same as a precinct election official.(3) A major political party of a county is entitled to appoint the number of watchers equal to the number of teams of absentee ballot counters.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.135.
IN Code § 3-11.5-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 3. Watchers for Political Parties, Candidates, and the Media|3-11.5-3-2. Rights and Requirements of Appointed Watchers

Sec. 2. (a) Political parties or independent candidates described in IC 3-6-8-1 may appoint watchers at a central location for counting absentee ballots.(b) A watcher appointed under this section:(1) has the rights; and(2) must follow the requirements;set forth in IC 3-6-8.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.116.
IN Code § 3-11.5-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 3. Watchers for Political Parties, Candidates, and the Media|3-11.5-3-3. Candidate Appointed Watchers; Rights and Requirements

Sec. 3. (a) A candidate entitled to appoint a watcher under IC 3-6-9 may appoint a watcher at a central location for counting absentee ballots.(b) A watcher appointed under this section:(1) has the rights; and(2) must follow the requirements;set forth in IC 3-6-9.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 3-11.5-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 3. Watchers for Political Parties, Candidates, and the Media|3-11.5-3-4. Media Appointed Watchers; Rights and Requirements

Sec. 4. (a) Media entitled to appoint a watcher under IC 3-6-10 may appoint a watcher at a central location for counting absentee ballots.(b) A watcher appointed under this section:(1) has the rights; and(2) must follow the requirements;set forth in IC 3-6-10.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 3-11.5-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 4. General Procedures for Counties|3-11.5-4-1. Circuit Court Clerk Records and Certifications

Sec. 1. Each circuit court clerk shall do the following:(1) Keep a separate absentee ballot record for each precinct in the county.(2) This subdivision applies to a county in which the county voter registration office prepares a certified list of all voters registered to vote in each precinct in the county under IC 3-7-29-1. Either:(A) certify to each inspector or the inspector's representative, at the time that the ballots and supplies are delivered under IC 3-11-3, the names of the voters:(i) to whom absentee ballots were sent or who marked ballots in person; and(ii) whose ballots have been received by the county election board under IC 3-11-10; or(B) provide a certified list of voters that have been marked to designate the names of the voters described in clause (A).(3) This subdivision applies to a county that has adopted an order to use an electronic poll book under IC 3-7-29-6 or is a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1. Certify at the time the county voter registration office downloads information to an electronic poll book under IC 3-7-29-6(c), the names of the voters:(A) to whom absentee ballots were sent or who marked ballots in person; and(B) whose ballots have been received by the county election board under IC 3-11-10.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2002, SEC.78; P.L.271-2013, SEC.26; P.L.76-2014, SEC.45; P.L.157-2019, SEC.28.
IN Code § 3-11.5-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 4. General Procedures for Counties|3-11.5-4-2. Recast of Certain Ballots

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to a voter voting by an absentee ballot that:(1) is defective and ordered corrected under IC 3-11-2-16;(2) includes a candidate for election to office who:(A) ceases to be a candidate; and(B) is succeeded by a candidate selected under IC 3-13-1 or IC 3-13-2; or(3) is presented and surrendered at:(A) the office of the circuit court clerk;(B) the office of the board of elections and registration;(C) a satellite office of a board established under IC 3-11-10-26.3; or(D) a vote center established as a satellite office under IC 3-11-18.1-4(15);in a sealed envelope and signed by the voter containing an absentee ballot previously mailed to the voter with a request by the voter for a replacement absentee ballot under this section to cast at the office or vote center.(b) Through the last day before the election day, an absentee voter may recast the ballot during the period specified by IC 3-11-10-26. To obtain a replacement ballot, the absentee voter must present a written request to the county election board for a replacement ballot. However, in a primary election, if an application has been submitted to the county by or for a voter requesting the ballot of a political party, the voter may not change the choice of the voter's party when requesting a replacement ballot unless the county determines, based on the application of the voter, that the voter was issued an incorrect party ballot by the county.(c) Upon receiving a written request under subsection (b), the circuit court clerk shall do the following:(1) Place the written request with the absentee voter's original ballots.(2) Mark "canceled" on the original set of ballots.(3) Preserve the original ballots with other defective ballots.(4) Deliver a new set of ballots to the absentee voter.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.117; P.L.109-2021, SEC.52.
IN Code § 3-11.5-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 4. General Procedures for Counties|3-11.5-4-3. Rejection of Absentee Ballots Deposited in Drop Box Not Under Control of County Election Board

Sec. 3. In accordance with IC 3-11-10-24, a county election board shall reject an absentee ballot deposited in a drop box or other container or location that is not under the physical control and supervision of the county election board when the ballot is deposited.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.109-2021, SEC.53.
IN Code § 3-11.5-4-3.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 4. General Procedures for Counties|3-11.5-4-3.5. Absentee Ballot of Voter Required to Present Additional Information; Procedure

Sec. 3.5. (a) Upon receipt of an absentee ballot from a voter required to provide additional information to the county voter registration office under IC 3-7-33-4.5, the county election board shall contact the county voter registration office to determine if the additional information has been filed with the office by the voter.(b) If the voter has filed the information with the county voter registration office, the county election board shall add a notation to the application indicating that the required information has been filed and that the absentee ballot may be counted if the ballot otherwise complies with this article.(c) If the voter has not filed the information with the county voter registration office, the county election board shall add a notation on the application filed by a voter described under subsection (b) and on the envelope provided under this chapter reading substantially as follows:"ABSENTEE BALLOT COUNTERS: AS OF (insert date absentee ballot application approved) THIS VOTER WAS REQUIRED TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION WITH THE COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE BEFORE THIS BALLOT MAY BE COUNTED. CHECK THE POLL LIST AND COUNTY ELECTION BOARD CERTIFICATION TO SEE IF THE VOTER HAS FILED THIS INFORMATION. IF NOT, PROCESS AS A PROVISIONAL BALLOT IF THIS BALLOT OTHERWISE COMPLIES WITH INDIANA LAW.".As added by P.L.109-2021, SEC.54.
IN Code § 3-11.5-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 4. General Procedures for Counties|3-11.5-4-4. Treatment of Ballot Found Without Genuine Signature

Sec. 4. If a county election board finds that the signature on a ballot envelope or transmitted affidavit is not genuine, the board shall write upon the ballot envelope the words "The county election board has found the signature of this voter is not genuine. This ballot is subject to IC 3-11.5-4-13.5 or IC 3-11.5-4-13.6.".As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2002, SEC.79; P.L.109-2021, SEC.55.
IN Code § 3-11.5-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 3. Elections|Article 11.5. Counting Absentee Ballots|Chapter 4. General Procedures for Counties|3-11.5-4-5. Ballot With Signature; Comparison of Signatures; Treatment of Ballot With Genuine Signature, Disputed Signature

Sec. 5. (a) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot and not later than election day, the county election board, or the absentee board members in the office of the circuit court clerk, shall compare the signature of the voter on the absentee ballot application, or, if there is no application, with the signature on the electronic poll book, with the signature on:(1) the voter's absentee ballot envelope; or(2) the computerized list, if there is no envelope.(b) If a county election board finds that the signature on a ballot envelope or transmitted affidavit is genuine, the board shall enclose immediately the accepted and unopened ballot envelope, together with the voter's application for the absentee ballot, in a large or carrier envelope. If the county election board does not unanimously determine that the signature on a ballot envelope is genuine, the board shall also write on the ballot envelope described in subsection (c) or the transmitted affidavit from a voter under IC 3-11-4-6, the words "SIGNATURE DISPUTED". The board shall enclose in the same carrier envelope all absentee ballot envelopes and applications for the same precinct.(c) The envelope shall be securely sealed and endorsed with the name and official title of the circuit court clerk and the following words: "This envelope contains an absentee ballot and must be opened only on election day under IC 3-11.5.".As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2002, SEC.80; P.L.64-2014, SEC.62; P.L.157-2019, SEC.29; P.L.109-2021, SEC.56.