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2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4.5. Standards for Challenges to Voters › 3-5-4.5-5. Referral of Violation to Prosecuting Attorney

Sec. 5. If a county election board determines that a person has knowingly violated a provision of this chapter, the county election board may refer the matter to the prosecuting attorney as a violation of IC 3-14-3-4 (obstruction of a voter).
As added by P.L.164-2006, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-0.2. Amendments to Definitions and Chapter by Certain Amendments Enacted in 2013 Do Not Affect Rights or Liabilities, Penalties Incurred, Violations Committed, or Proceedings Begun Before July 1, 2013

Sec. 0.2. Notwithstanding any other law, the additions and amendments to IC 3-5-2 or this chapter made by SEA 519-2013 do not affect any:
(1) rights or liabilities accrued;
(2) penalties incurred;
(3) violations committed; or
(4) proceedings begun;
before July 1, 2013. Those rights, liabilities, penalties, offenses, and proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced under prior law as if SEA 519-2013 had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.258-2013, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-0.3. Effect of Amendments Made by 2015 Session of the General Assembly

Sec. 0.3. Notwithstanding any other law, the additions and amendments to IC 3-5-2 or this chapter made by legislation enacted in the 2015 regular session of the general assembly do not affect any:
(1) rights or liabilities accrued;
(2) penalties incurred;
(3) violations committed; or
(4) proceedings begun;
before July 1, 2015. Those rights, liabilities, penalties, offenses, and proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced under prior law as if the legislation had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.169-2015, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-0.5. "Immediate Family"

Sec. 0.5. For purposes of this chapter, an individual's "immediate family" includes the spouse, children, stepchildren, parents, or grandparents of the individual.
As added by P.L.258-2013, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-1. Purpose of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter shall be used to determine the residency of the following:
(1) A voter or a person applying to become a voter.
(2) A candidate.
(3) A person holding an elected office.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-2. Methods of Establishing Residency

Sec. 2. A person's residence may be established by:
(1) origin or birth;
(2) intent and conduct taken to implement the intent; or
(3) operation of law.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-3. Residence in More Than One Precinct; No Residence Both Within and Outside Indiana

Sec. 3. (a) A person does not have residence in more than one (1) precinct within Indiana.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, a person does not have residence both within Indiana and outside Indiana.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-4. Abandonment of Residence

Sec. 4. A person who has a residence in a precinct retains residency in that precinct until the person abandons the residence by:
(1) having the intent to abandon the residence;
(2) having the intent to establish a new residence; and
(3) acting as provided in this intent by establishing a residence in a new precinct.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-5. Absence Due to State or Federal Business

Sec. 5. As provided in Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, a person does not lose residence in a precinct in Indiana by reason of the person's absence on the business of:
(1) the state of Indiana; or
(2) the United States.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.10; P.L.258-2013, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-6. Presumption of Residence Specified by Individual Under Penalties for Perjury; Rebuttable Presumptions

Sec. 6. (a) Sections 7 through 17 of this chapter establish presumptions regarding the residency of a person in a precinct. A person can rebut these presumptions by demonstrating intent to reside in another precinct and conduct taken to implement that intent.
(b) An individual who makes a statement regarding the residence of the individual, under the penalties for perjury, is presumed to reside at the location specified by the individual, as of the date of making the statement.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-7. Temporary Residency; Residency of Students Attending Postsecondary Educational Institution

Sec. 7. (a) Subject to section 6 of this chapter, a person does not gain residency in a precinct in which the person is physically present for:
(1) temporary employment;
(2) educational purposes, except as provided in subsection (b);
(3) preparing to purchase or occupy a residence; or
(4) other purposes;
without the intent of making a permanent home in the precinct.
(b) The following apply to a student attending a postsecondary educational institution in Indiana:
(1) A student who applies to register to vote shall state the student's residence address.
(2) A student has only one (1) residence for purposes of this title.
(3) A student may state the student's residence as either of the following, but not both:
(A) The address where the student lives when the student attends the postsecondary educational institution where the student pursues the student's education.
(B) The address where the student lives when the student is not attending the postsecondary educational institution where the student pursues the student's education.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.18; P.L.164-2006, SEC.5; P.L.258-2013, SEC.10; P.L.169-2015, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-8. Physical Presence Outside Indiana With Intent to Make New Residence Outside Indiana

Sec. 8. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, if a person is physically present within another state with the intention of making that state the person's residence, the person loses residency in Indiana.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-9. Physical Presence Outside Indiana With Intent to Remain Indefinitely Outside Indiana

Sec. 9. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, if a person is physically present within another state with the intention of remaining in the other state for an indefinite time as a place of residence, the person loses residency in Indiana, even if the person intends to return at some time.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-10. Physical Presence in Another Indiana Precinct

Sec. 10. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, if a person is physically present within another precinct in Indiana with the intention of making that precinct the person's residence, the person loses residency in the precinct that the person left.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-11. Location of Immediate Family as Residence

Sec. 11. The place where a person's immediate family resides is the person's residence, unless the family's residence is:
(1) a temporary location for the person's immediate family; or
(2) for transient purposes.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-12. Living Away From Family While Conducting Business

Sec. 12. Except as provided in section 13 of this chapter, if:
(1) a person's immediate family resides in one (1) place; and
(2) the person does business in another place;
the residence of the immediate family is the person's residence.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-13. Living Away From Family With Intent to Remain Away; Conduct to Carry Out Intent

Sec. 13. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, if a person:
(1) is living at a place other than the residence of the person's immediate family; and
(2) has the intention of remaining at that place and engages in conduct to carry out that intent;
the place where the person lives is the person's residence.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-14. Establishment of Voting Residence Separate From Spouse; Intent; Conduct to Carry Out Intent

Sec. 14. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, a married person who does not live in a household with the person's spouse may establish a separate residence from the residence of the person's spouse by intending to do so and engaging in conduct to carry out that intent.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-15. Unmarried Person; Place Where Person Usually Sleeps; Intent; Conduct to Carry Out Intent

Sec. 15. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, the residence of a person who:
(1) is unmarried; and
(2) does not have an immediate family;
is where the person usually sleeps if that is the intent of the person, and the person engages in conduct to carry out that intent.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-17. Persons Committed to Mental Health Institutions

Sec. 17. (a) This section applies to an individual who is:
(1) adjudged mentally ill; and
(2) committed to an institution for individuals with a mental illness.
(b) An individual described in subsection (a) has only one (1) residence for purposes of this title.
(c) An individual described in subsection (a) may state the individual's residence as either of the following, but not both:
(1) The address of the institution where the individual has been committed.
(2) The address where the individual lives when the individual is not committed to an institution.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.4; P.L.3-2018, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 5. Standards for Determining Residency › 3-5-5-18. Nontraditional Residence

Sec. 18. Notwithstanding IC 3-5-2-42.5, an individual with a nontraditional residence whose residence is within a precinct, but is not fixed or permanent, resides in that precinct.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 6. Standards for Certifying Documents Signed by Registered Voters › 3-5-6-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter must be used to determine whether a registered voter has signed a document required or permitted to be certified by a county voter registration office.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.19.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 6. Standards for Certifying Documents Signed by Registered Voters › 3-5-6-2. Resolution of Reasonable Doubt in Favor of Registered Voter

Sec. 2. In a case where:
(1) the county voter registration office is uncertain whether a signature has been affixed by a registered voter; and
(2) this chapter does not establish a standard to be applied in that case;
a reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the registered voter, and the signature must be certified as valid.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.19.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 6. Standards for Certifying Documents Signed by Registered Voters › 3-5-6-3. Variations From Name in County Records

Sec. 3. Whenever the name of an individual, as printed or signed, contains a minor variation from the name of a registered voter as set forth in the records of the county voter registration office, the signature must be certified as valid.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.19.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 6. Standards for Certifying Documents Signed by Registered Voters › 3-5-6-4. Minor Variations in Addresses

Sec. 4. Whenever the residence address or mailing address of an individual contains a minor variation from the residence address or mailing address of a registered voter, the signature must be certified as valid.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.19.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 6. Standards for Certifying Documents Signed by Registered Voters › 3-5-6-5. Substantial Variations in Addresses

Sec. 5. Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of this chapter, if the residence address or mailing address of an individual contains a substantial variation from the residence address or mailing address of a registered voter as set forth in the records of the county voter registration office, the signature is invalid and may not be certified.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.19.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 6. Standards for Certifying Documents Signed by Registered Voters › 3-5-6-6. Substantial Conformity of Signatures Required

Sec. 6. (a) Whenever the signature of an individual does not substantially conform with the signature of the registered voter with the name and address in the records of the county voter registration office, the signature is invalid and may not be certified.
(b) In determining whether a signature substantially conforms with a voter's signature in the records of the county voter registration office, the office must certify the signature if the office determines that lack of conformity may reasonably be attributed to the age, disability, or impairment of the voter.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.38-1999, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) A candidate for precinct committeeman.
(2) A candidate for delegate to a political party convention.
As added by P.L.202-1999, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-2. "Designation" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "designation" refers to a name, a nickname, an initial, an abbreviation, or a number used to identify an individual.
As added by P.L.202-1999, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-3. "Name" Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "name" refers to any of the following:
(1) An individual's given name.
(2) An individual's surname.
(3) An individual's middle name.
As added by P.L.202-1999, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-4. Candidate's Legal Name

Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of placement of a candidate's name on the ballot, a candidate's legal name is determined under this section.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a candidate's legal name is considered to be the name shown on the candidate's birth certificate.
(c) If a candidate:
(1) uses a name after marriage as described in subsection (d); or
(2) takes a name through a judicial proceeding that is different from the name shown on the candidate's birth certificate;
the most recent name used after marriage or taken in the judicial proceeding is considered to be the candidate's legal name.
(d) A name a candidate uses after marriage is considered the candidate's legal name if the name satisfies any of the following:
(1) The name is the name appearing on the candidate's birth certificate.
(2) The name is the name used by the candidate as an applicant for the marriage license.
(3) The name is any combination of the names the candidate and the candidate's spouse used as applicants for their marriage license.
As added by P.L.202-1999, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-5. Designations Used on Ballot

Sec. 5. (a) A candidate may use on the ballot any combination of designations permitted by this section.
(b) A candidate may not use on the ballot a designation other than a designation permitted by this section.
(c) Subject to subsections (d) and (e), a candidate may use designations on the ballot as follows:
(1) The first designation that a candidate uses on the ballot may be one (1) of the following:
(A) The candidate's legal given name.
(B) The initial of the candidate's legal given name.
(C) The candidate's legal middle name.
(D) The initial of the candidate's legal middle name.
(E) The candidate's nickname.
(2) After the designation used under subdivision (1), a candidate may use any of the following designations if not used under subdivision (1):
(A) The candidate's legal middle name.
(B) The initial of the candidate's legal middle name.
(C) The candidate's nickname.
(D) The candidate's legal surname.
(3) After a designation used under subdivision (2), a candidate may use the following if not used under subdivision (1) or (2):
(A) The candidate's nickname.
(B) The candidate's legal surname.
(4) After a designation used under subdivision (3), a candidate may use the candidate's legal surname on the ballot if not used under subdivision (2) or (3).
(5) After a candidate's legal surname, a candidate may use any of the following designations:
(A) Sr.
(B) Jr.
(C) A numerical designation such as "II" or "III".
(d) A candidate may use a nickname on the ballot only if the nickname satisfies the following:
(1) The nickname is a name by which the candidate is commonly known.
(2) The nickname does not exceed twenty (20) characters.
(3) The nickname complies with subsection (e).
(4) Unless the candidate uses the nickname as the first designation under subsection (c)(1), notwithstanding any other method of designation used by a candidate or in a document declaring or consenting to the individual's candidacy, any nickname permitted under this section must be set forth on the ballot within parentheses.
(e) A candidate may not use a:
(1) title or degree as a designation; or
(2) designation that implies a title or degree.
As added by P.L.202-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.278-2019, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-5.5. Use of Universally Recognized Pronunciation Symbols in Candidate Names; Exceptions

Sec. 5.5. (a) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A voter verifiable paper audit trail.
(2) The return printed by the automatic tabulating machine under IC 3-12-3-2.
(3) The paper vote total printouts from the electronic voting system under IC 3-12-3.5-2.
(4) The name of a candidate printed on a ballot card by a marking device.
(b) The requirements of this section apply only to a voting system initially certified for marketing and use in Indiana elections after January 1, 2022.
(c) If a candidate's legal name designated under this chapter includes a universally recognized pronunciation symbol, including an accent, hyphen, tilde, or umlaut, a:
(1) ballot;
(2) voting system screen;
(3) voting system activation card;
(4) voting system file; and
(5) voting system results report;
must display the symbol as part of the candidate's name.
As added by P.L.193-2021, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-6. Candidacy Documents

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A candidate in a presidential primary election under IC 3-8-3.
(2) A candidate for President of the United States.
(3) A candidate for Vice President of the United States.
(b) Whenever a candidate files a candidacy document on which the candidate uses a name that is different from the name set forth on the candidate's voter registration record, the candidate's signature on the candidacy document constitutes a request to the county voter registration office that the name on the candidate's voter registration record be the same as the name the candidate uses on the candidacy document.
(c) A request by a candidate under this section is considered filed with the county voter registration office when the candidacy document is filed with the election division or the county election board.
(d) The election division or the county election board shall forward a request filed under this section to the county voter registration office not later than seven (7) days after receiving the request.
As added by P.L.202-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.98-2004, SEC.25; P.L.227-2023, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-6.5. Candidacy Document Design; Separate Fields for Each Separate Candidate Name Designation

Sec. 6.5. (a) As used in this section, "candidate" includes a nominee.
(b) The election division shall design all candidacy documents so that the form of the document enables the candidate to insert in a separate field of the document each of the separate designations that a candidate is permitted to use under this chapter.
As added by P.L.227-2023, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 7. Candidate Designations on the Ballot › 3-5-7-7. Complaints Filed Against Candidates

Sec. 7. (a) A registered voter of the election district a candidate seeks to represent may file a sworn statement with the election division or a county election board under IC 3-8-1-2 if a candidate uses on the ballot a designation not permitted by section 5 of this chapter.
(b) A complaint filed under this section must contain the following information:
(1) The legal name of the candidate who has used a designation not permitted by section 5 of this chapter.
(2) The designation the candidate has used that is not permitted under section 5 of this chapter.
(c) If the commission or county election board finds that the candidate used a designation not permitted by section 5 of this chapter, the candidate is considered to have withdrawn the candidate's candidacy.
As added by P.L.202-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 8. The Voter's Bill of Rights › 3-5-8-1. Election Division to Prescribe Statement of Voter's Bill of Rights

Sec. 1. The election division shall prescribe a statement of the rights of a voter in Indiana that shall be known as "the voter's bill of rights".
As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.194-2013, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 8. The Voter's Bill of Rights › 3-5-8-2. Content of Statement of Bill of Rights

Sec. 2. The statement required by section 1 of this chapter must contain the following:
(1) A statement of the qualifications that an individual must meet to vote in Indiana, including qualifications relating to registration.
(2) A statement describing the circumstances that permit a voter who has moved from the precinct where the voter is registered to return to that precinct to vote.
(3) A statement that an individual who meets the qualifications and circumstances listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) may vote in the election.
(4) A statement describing how a voter who is challenged at the polls may be permitted to vote.
(5) The date of the election and the hours during which the polls will be open, as required by 52 U.S.C. 21082.
(6) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast a provisional ballot, as required by 52 U.S.C. 21082.
(7) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first time voters under IC 3-7-33-4.5 and 52 U.S.C. 21083, as required under 52 U.S.C. 21082.
(8) General information on voting rights under applicable federal and state laws, including the right of an individual to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials if these rights are alleged to have been violated, as required under 52 U.S.C. 21082.
(9) General information on federal and state laws regarding prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation, as required under 52 U.S.C. 21082.
(10) A statement informing the voter what assistance is available to assist the voter at the polls.
(11) A statement informing the voter what circumstances will spoil the voter's ballot and the procedures available for the voter to request a new ballot.
(12) A statement describing which voters will be permitted to vote at the closing of the polls.
(13) Other information that the commission considers important for a voter to know.
As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.209-2003, SEC.5; P.L.230-2005, SEC.4; P.L.128-2015, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 8. The Voter's Bill of Rights › 3-5-8-2.5. Absentee Voter's Bill of Rights

Sec. 2.5. (a) The election division shall prescribe a statement known as the "Absentee Voter's Bill of Rights".
(b) The Absentee Voter's Bill of Rights must be in a form prescribed by the election division and include the following:
(1) A statement summarizing the rights and responsibilities of the voter when casting and returning the absentee ballot.
(2) A summary of Indiana and federal laws concerning providing assistance to the voter, completion of the ballot in secret, intimidation of voters, and the return of the absentee ballot to the county election board.
(3) Information concerning how to report violations of the absentee ballot and election laws.
As added by P.L.103-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 8. The Voter's Bill of Rights › 3-5-8-3. Posting of Voter's Bill of Rights; Distribution of Voter's Bill of Rights With Election Information

Sec. 3. (a) As required by 52 U.S.C. 21083, the precinct election board shall post the voter's bill of rights in a public place in each polling place on election day.
(b) The commission may require a copy of the voter's bill of rights to be distributed with voter registration materials or other materials that are given to voters.
As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.209-2003, SEC.6; P.L.230-2005, SEC.5; P.L.128-2015, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 8. The Voter's Bill of Rights › 3-5-8-4. Posting Voter's Bill of Rights on the Internet

Sec. 4. The secretary of state or other state agency posting election information on the state's Internet site shall include the voter's bill of rights on the site.
As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 8. The Voter's Bill of Rights › 3-5-8-5. Publication of Voter's Bill of Rights in News Media

Sec. 5. Not later than twenty-nine (29) days before a primary, general, or municipal election, the secretary of state shall request Indiana news media to include a copy of the voter's bill of rights as part of election coverage or in public service announcements.
As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.278-2019, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 9. Government Employees and Volunteer Firefighters Holding Office › 3-5-9-1. "Elected Office"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "elected office" refers only to the following:
(1) The executive or a member of the executive body of a unit.
(2) A member of the legislative body or fiscal body of a unit.
As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 9. Government Employees and Volunteer Firefighters Holding Office › 3-5-9-2. "Government Employee"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "government employee" refers to an employee of a unit. The term does not include an individual who holds only an elected office.
As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 9. Government Employees and Volunteer Firefighters Holding Office › 3-5-9-4. Firefighters

Sec. 4. An individual who is an employee of a unit, serving as a full-time, paid firefighter in a department that provides fire protection services to more than one (1) unit, excluding fire protection services provided under mutual aid agreements, may not assume or hold an elected office of any unit that receives fire protection services from the department.
As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.184-2015, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 9. Government Employees and Volunteer Firefighters Holding Office › 3-5-9-5. Government Employee May Not Hold Elected Office

Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 7 of this chapter, an individual is considered to have resigned as:
(1) a government employee when the individual assumes an elected office of the unit that employs the individual; or
(2) an elected official of the unit when the individual becomes a government employee of the unit.
As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.227-2023, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 9. Government Employees and Volunteer Firefighters Holding Office › 3-5-9-6. Matters Unaffected by Chapter

Sec. 6. This chapter does not prohibit:
(1) a government employee from assuming or holding an elected office of a unit other than the unit that employs the government employee;
(2) a full-time, paid firefighter from assuming or holding an elected office of a unit other than a unit that receives fire protection services from the department in which the firefighter serves; or
(3) an individual who assumes or holds an elected office from also being appointed to and serving on a board, commission, or committee of the unit.
As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.184-2015, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 9. Government Employees and Volunteer Firefighters Holding Office › 3-5-9-7. Government Employees Who Hold Elected Office on January 1, 2013

Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding sections 4 and 5 of this chapter, a government employee who assumes or holds an elected office on January 1, 2013, may continue to hold the elected office and be employed as a government employee until the term of the elected office that the government employee is serving on January 1, 2013, expires.
(b) After the expiration of the term of the elected office that the government employee referred to in subsection (a) is serving on January 1, 2013, the government employee is subject to section 5 of this chapter with respect to assuming or holding an elected office and being employed by the unit that employs the government employee.
As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.184-2015, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies when a redistricting authority redraws election districts required by law.
(b) In addition to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the applicable statute apply to redistricting.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-3. "Applicable Statute"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "applicable statute" refers to the statute under which a redistricting authority is required to establish election districts.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-4. "Census Event"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "census event" refers to any of the following:
(1) A federal decennial census.
(2) A federal special census.
(3) A special tabulation.
(4) A corrected population count.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-5. "Plan"

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "plan" refers to the description of the districts that a redistricting authority is required to establish.
(b) The term includes the maps and written descriptions of the maps that define all the districts that a plan is required to have under the applicable law.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-6. "Redistricting Authority"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "redistricting authority" refers to the body or other authority that is required to redraw election districts for local or school board offices.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-7. Times Permitted for Redistricting

Sec. 7. (a) Subject to section 8 of this chapter, a redistricting authority shall redistrict election districts at the following times:
(1) If the census event is a federal decennial census, the following:
(A) For a county executive or county fiscal body, only during the first year after the federal decennial census is conducted.
(B) For a school corporation, only during the first year after the federal decennial census is conducted.
(C) For a municipality that conducts its municipal elections in an odd-numbered year, only during the second year after the federal decennial census is conducted.
(D) For a municipality that conducts its municipal elections in:
(i) an even-numbered year; or
(ii) both an even-numbered year and an odd-numbered year;
only during the first year after the federal decennial census is conducted.
(E) For the legislative body of a township in a county having a consolidated city, only during the first year after the federal decennial census is conducted.
(2) For a census event other than a federal decennial census, only during the first year after the year the census event becomes effective with respect to the political subdivision, as provided in IC 1-1-3.5-3.
(3) Whenever a county adopts an order declaring a county boundary to be changed under IC 36-2-1-2 that affects the boundaries of the political subdivision.
(4) Whenever required to assign annexed territory to a district, subject to the provisions of IC 36-4-3.
(5) Whenever the boundary of the political subdivision is changed.
(6) As provided in the order of a court that has found the current redistricting plan unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful.
(b) A redistricting authority may not redistrict at a time other than is provided in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.11-2023, SEC.1; P.L.227-2023, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-8. Redistricting Not Required; Certification

Sec. 8. A redistricting authority is not required to redistrict if the applicable statute provides that the redistricting authority may certify that the existing districts continue to satisfy all the requirements of the applicable statute and other applicable law.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-9. District Boundary Description Prevails Over Conflicting Map

Sec. 9. If a conflict exists between:
(1) a map showing the boundaries of a district; and
(2) a description of the boundaries of that district set forth in the plan;
the district boundaries are the description of the boundaries set forth in the plan, not the boundaries shown on the map, but only to the extent there is a conflict between the description and the map.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-10. Failure to Include Territory; Rule of Assignment

Sec. 10. If any territory in the political subdivision is not included in one (1) of the districts, the territory is included in the district that:
(1) is contiguous to that territory; and
(2) contains the least population of all districts contiguous to that territory.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Drawing Election Districts for Local and School Board Offices › 3-5-10-11. Inclusion of Territory in More Than One District; Rule of Assignment

Sec. 11. If any territory in the political subdivision is included in more than one (1) of the districts, the territory is included in the district that:
(1) is one (1) of the districts in which the territory is described in the ordinance or resolution that establishes the plan;
(2) is contiguous to that territory; and
(3) contains the least population of all districts contiguous to that territory.
As added by P.L.169-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-1. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.10-1987, SEC.1; P.L.10-1988, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-5. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.11-1987, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-9. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-2 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-11. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-3 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.10-1987, SEC.2; P.L.3-1987, SEC.14; P.L.10-1988, SEC.5; P.L.5-1989, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-11.5. Repealed

As added by P.L.10-1987, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.5-1989, SEC.4; P.L.16-1993, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-12. State Committee; Adoption of Rules or Resolutions

Sec. 12. Unless otherwise provided in the political party's rules, the state committee of each political party is the highest party authority and may adopt rules or resolutions for:
(1) the organization of the congressional district committees and city committees, including uniformly fixing the time that each committee is to be organized; and
(2) the government of all central committees.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-2-1 part; 3-1-2-3 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.4-1996, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-13. State Committee; Powers

Sec. 13. Unless otherwise provided in the political party's rules, the state committee of each political party may:
(1) adopt rules and resolutions to provide for all matters of internal party government;
(2) remove a member or officer of a regular party committee, after reasonable notice and hearing, for refusing to obey or conform to a rule or resolution adopted by the state committee; and
(3) maintain civil actions, in the committee's own name, to enforce obedience to its rules or resolutions.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.4-1996, SEC.5; P.L.3-1997, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-14. Actions to Enforce Rules or Resolutions

Sec. 14. An action brought under section 13 of this chapter:
(1) must be commenced, prosecuted, and tried in the circuit or superior court of the county where the defendant resides;
(2) shall be tried by the court without a jury;
(3) has precedence over all other cases pending in the court, except murder trials; and
(4) may not be venued from the county.
Process shall be served and proceedings conducted as in other civil actions, except that process shall be returned three (3) days from the date of service. An appeal from the judgment entered in any case may be taken by either party.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 1. State Committees › 3-6-1-15. Political Party Positions Not Considered to Be Holding Office

Sec. 15. Notwithstanding any other statute, an individual serving in any of the following political party offices is not considered to be holding an office for purposes of Article 15 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana:
(1) Precinct committeeman.
(2) Precinct vice committeeman.
(3) State convention delegate.
(4) Chair or other officer of a central committee.
(5) Any other political party office (as defined in IC 3-5-2-17).
As added by P.L.38-1999, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-1. Political Parties Entitled to Precinct Committee Members

Sec. 1. Each political party whose nominee received at least ten percent (10%) of the votes cast in the state for secretary of state at the last election for that office may have precinct committeemen elected at the same time as a primary election in accordance with IC 3-10-1-4.5 or IC 3-10-1-4.6 if provided by the rules of the political party.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.4-1996, SEC.6; P.L.124-2012, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-2. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-3. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.15; P.L.5-1989, SEC.5; P.L.9-1989, SEC.1; P.L.1-1990, SEC.5; P.L.16-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-4. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.5-1989, SEC.120.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-5. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-9-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-6. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.16. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-7. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.17. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-8. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.18. Repealed by P.L.4-1996, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 2. Precinct Committeemen › 3-6-2-10.5. Duty to Furnish Names and Addresses of Precinct Committeemen and Vice Committeemen

Sec. 10.5. The county chairman of a major political party shall, upon the request of a person who is serving in an elected office (as defined in IC 3-5-2-17), provide to that person the name and address of the precinct committeeman and vice committeeman of that party for each precinct in the county.
As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.53. Amended by P.L.278-2019, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 3. Political Party Name Change › 3-6-3-1. Right to Change Name

Sec. 1. Any political party may change its name by complying with this chapter.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 3. Political Party Name Change › 3-6-3-2. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.3-1993, SEC.282.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 3. Political Party Name Change › 3-6-3-3. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.3-1993, SEC.282.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 3. Political Party Name Change › 3-6-3-4. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.3-1993, SEC.282.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 6. Political Party and Election Officers › Chapter 3. Political Party Name Change › 3-6-3-5. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-2-4 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.20; P.L.10-1988, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.3-1993, SEC.282.