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2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-30. "Major Political Party"

Sec. 30. "Major political party" refers to:
(1) with respect to the state, either of the two (2) parties whose nominees received the highest and second highest numbers of votes statewide for secretary of state in the last election; or
(2) with respect to a political subdivision, either of the two (2) parties whose nominees received the highest and second highest numbers of votes in that political subdivision for secretary of state in the last election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-3-2 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-31. "Marking Device"

Sec. 31. (a) "Marking device" means:
(1) a pencil or pen for marking a paper ballot or ballot card; or
(2) an approved device that automatically:
(A) registers the voter's vote on an electronic voting system; or
(B) produces a marked optical scan ballot indicating the choices of the voter.
(b) A voter verifiable paper audit trail is not a marking device.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-2(g).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.3; P.L.3-1987, SEC.6; P.L.221-2005, SEC.5; P.L.13-2014, SEC.1; P.L.71-2019, SEC.4; P.L.109-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-31.7. "Modification"

Sec. 31.7. "Modification", for a certified voting system, refers to a change:
(1) in the software or firmware of the voting system; or
(2) to the hardware of the voting system that:
(A) materially alters the system's reliability, functionality, capacity, or operation; or
(B) has a reasonable and identifiable potential to affect the voting system's operation and compliance with the applicable voting system standards.
As added by P.L.76-2014, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-32.7. "Nomination Date"

Sec. 32.7. "Nomination date" refers to the following:
(1) For candidates nominated in a primary election, the date of the primary election.
(2) For candidates nominated in a convention, the date the convention is scheduled to be called to order, according to the call of the convention issued by the political party.
(3) For candidates selected to fill a ballot vacancy, the date the certificate of selection of the candidate is filed under IC 3-13-1-15 or IC 3-13-2-8.
(4) For candidates nominated by petition, the final date the petition of nomination is permitted to be filed under IC 3-8-6-10(c).
(5) For write-in candidates, the final date the candidate's declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate is permitted to be filed under IC 3-8-2-4.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.176-1999, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-33. "Nominee"

Sec. 33. "Nominee" means a candidate:
(1) nominated by a political party at a primary election or convention under this title as the party's candidate for an elected office in a general, municipal, or special election; or
(2) nominated by petition for an elected office.
[1986 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-33.5. "Nvra"

Sec. 33.5. "NVRA" refers to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 through 52 U.S.C. 20511).
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-33.8. "Office"

Sec. 33.8. "Office" refers to the office of census data established by IC 2-5-1.1-12.2.
As added by P.L.212-2001, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.1-2002, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-33.9. "Optical Scan Ballot"

Sec. 33.9. (a) "Optical scan ballot" means a card or another paper on which votes are:
(1) recorded by marking the card with a marking device; and
(2) tabulated by an optical system that reads the marks on the card or paper.
(b) "Optical scan voting system" means a voting system using optical scan ballots. The term includes a voting system that consists of features of both a ballot card voting system and an electronic voting system.
As added by P.L.239-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.13-2014, SEC.2; P.L.71-2019, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-34. "Organization"

Sec. 34. "Organization" means a person that is not an individual. The term includes a business firm or corporation, a limited liability company, a labor organization, a religious organization, a political club, a trustee, a receiver, or any other type of association or group of individuals.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-1-15 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-34.5. "Overseas Voter"

Sec. 34.5. "Overseas voter" refers to any of the following:
(1) An absent uniformed services voter who, by reason of active duty or service, is absent from the United States on the date of the election involved.
(2) A person who resides outside the United States and is qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States.
(3) A person who resides outside the United States and, but for such residence, would be qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States.
As added by P.L.14-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.12-1995, SEC.6; P.L.3-1997, SEC.12; P.L.126-2002, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-34.7. "Paper Ballot"

Sec. 34.7. (a) "Paper ballot" refers to a ballot that is:
(1) marked by a voter using a pen or pencil; and
(2) designed to be counted by hand and not counted on an automatic tabulating machine.
(b) "Paper ballot" does not include a ballot card.
As added by P.L.58-2005, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-35. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-2 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.194-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-37. "Political Action Committee"

Sec. 37. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "political action committee" means an organization located within or outside Indiana that satisfies all of the following:
(1) The organization proposes to influence:
(A) the election of a candidate for state, legislative, local, or school board office; or
(B) the outcome of a public question.
(2) The organization accepts contributions or makes expenditures during a calendar year:
(A) to influence the election of a candidate for state, legislative, local, or school board office or the outcome of a public question that will appear on the ballot in Indiana; and
(B) that in the aggregate exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
(3) The organization is not any of the following:
(A) An auxiliary party organization.
(B) A legislative caucus committee.
(C) A regular party committee.
(D) A candidate's committee.
(b) A corporation or labor organization that makes a contribution in accordance with IC 3-9-2 or makes an expenditure is not considered a political action committee.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-4-1-14 part; 3-4-1-16(a), (b) part; 3-4-1-17.5 part; 3-4-1-20 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.8; P.L.7-1990, SEC.1; P.L.3-1995, SEC.5; P.L.3-1997, SEC.13; P.L.2-1998, SEC.2; P.L.176-1999, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-38. "Political Subdivision"

Sec. 38. "Political subdivision" means a county, city, town, township, school corporation, public library, local housing authority, fire protection district, public transportation corporation, local building authority, local hospital authority or corporation, local airport authority, special service district, special taxing district, or other type of local governmental corporate entity.
[1986 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-39. "Polls"

Sec. 39. "Polls" means the room in a structure where the voters of a precinct vote by casting ballots on election day.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-1-2 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.9; P.L.169-2015, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-40. "Precinct"

Sec. 40. "Precinct" means a subdivision of a county or township established for election purposes.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-1-2 part; 3-1-8-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-40.1. "Precinct Election Officer"

Sec. 40.1. "Precinct election officer" means a person appointed to serve in a precinct as one (1) of the following:
(1) Inspector.
(2) Judge.
(3) Poll clerk.
(4) Assistant poll clerk.
(5) Election sheriff.
As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-40.3. "Presidential Elector"

Sec. 40.3. (a) "Presidential elector" refers to an elector for President and Vice President of the United States as provided in Article 2, Section 1, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States and Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
(b) The term includes an alternate presidential elector elected as provided in IC 3-10-4, unless the text or the context of the statute provides otherwise.
As added by P.L.201-2017, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-40.5. "Proof of Identification"

Sec. 40.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "proof of identification" refers to a document that satisfies all the following:
(1) The document shows the name of the individual to whom the document was issued, and the name conforms to the name in the individual's voter registration record.
(2) The document shows a photograph of the individual to whom the document was issued.
(3) The document includes an expiration date, and the document:
(A) is not expired; or
(B) expired after the date of the most recent general election.
(4) The document was issued by the United States or the state of Indiana.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(3), a document issued by the United States Department of Defense, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (or its predecessor, the Veterans Administration), a branch of the uniformed services, the Merchant Marine, the Indiana National Guard, or a Native American Indian tribe or band recognized by the United States government that:
(1) otherwise complies with the requirements of subsection (a); and
(2) has no expiration date or states that the document has an indefinite expiration date;
is sufficient proof of identification for purposes of this title.
As added by P.L.109-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.118-2011, SEC.1; P.L.76-2014, SEC.3; P.L.209-2021, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-41. "Public Question"

Sec. 41. "Public question" means a constitutional amendment, proposition, or other issue submitted to the electorate at an election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-1-2 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-41.7. "Registration Agency"

Sec. 41.7. "Registration agency" refers to any of the following:
(1) The bureau of motor vehicles.
(2) Any other agency at which individuals may register to vote under IC 3-7.
As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-42. "Regular Party Committee"

Sec. 42. "Regular party committee" means:
(1) a central committee; or
(2) a national committee of a political party.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-4-1-14 part; 3-4-1-17 part; 3-4-1-17.5 part; 3-4-1-20 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-42.5. "Residence"

Sec. 42.5. "Residence" means the place:
(1) where a person has the person's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment; and
(2) to which the person has, whenever absent, the intention of returning.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-44. "School Board"

Sec. 44. "School board" means the fiscal body of a school corporation.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-8-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-45. "School Board Office"

Sec. 45. "School board office" refers to an elected position on the school board of a school corporation.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-8-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-46. "School Corporation"

Sec. 46. "School corporation" refers to a public school corporation established under IC 20.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-8-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-47.5. "Signing the Poll List"

Sec. 47.5. "Signing the poll list" means:
(1) a voter writing the voter's name on the certified list of registered voters for the precinct prepared in accordance with IC 3-7-29-1; or
(2) a voter writing the voter's name on an electronic poll book using an electronic signature pad, tablet, or other signature capturing device at a polling place, office of the circuit court clerk (under IC 3-11-10-26), or satellite office (as established under IC 3-11-10-26.3) where the use of an electronic poll book is authorized in accordance with IC 3-7-29-6.
As added by P.L.271-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.258-2013, SEC.4; P.L.64-2014, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-48. "State Office"

Sec. 48. "State office" refers to the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of appeals, and judge of the tax court.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-1-19 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.3; P.L.219-2017, SEC.1; P.L.8-2019, SEC.1; P.L.43-2021, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-48.5. "Testing Authority"

Sec. 48.5. "Testing authority" means an independent test authority or independent laboratory:
(1) as described in the Voting System Standards issued by the Federal Election Commission on April 30, 2002; or
(2) accredited under Section 231 of HAVA (52 U.S.C. 20971).
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.126-2002, SEC.8; P.L.66-2003, SEC.2; P.L.221-2005, SEC.6; P.L.128-2015, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-49. "Town"

Sec. 49. "Town" refers to an incorporated town of any population. The term does not include cities.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-1-2 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-49.3. "Uniformed Services"

Sec. 49.3. "Uniformed services" means any of the following:
(1) The Army.
(2) The Navy.
(3) The Air Force.
(4) The Marine Corps.
(5) The Coast Guard.
(6) The Space Force.
(7) The commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(8) The commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.227-2023, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-49.6. "United States"

Sec. 49.6. "United States", as used in section 34.5 of this chapter, means any of the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-49.7. "Unknown or Insufficient Address"

Sec. 49.7. "Unknown or insufficient address" refers to an address on a mailing returned by the United States Postal Service with one (1) or more of substantially the following statements made on the mailing by the United States Postal Service or a person residing at the address to which the mailing was sent:
(1) Attempted-Not Known.
(2) Box Closed.
(3) Deceased.
(4) Forwarding time expired.
(5) Insufficient Address.
(6) Left No Address.
(7) Moved.
(8) No such number.
(9) No such office in state.
(10) No such street.
(11) Not deliverable as addressed.
(12) Refused.
(13) Returned for better address.
(14) Returned to sender.
(15) Unable to forward.
(16) Unclaimed.
(17) Undeliverable as addressed.
(18) Vacant.
As added by P.L.64-2014, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-49.8. "Vote Center"

Sec. 49.8. "Vote center" means a polling place where a voter who resides in the county in which the vote center is located may vote without regard to the precinct in which the voter resides.
As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-50. "Voter"

Sec. 50. "Voter" means a person who is qualified and registered to vote in an election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-1-2 part; 3-1-7-28 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-50.2. "Voter With Disabilities"

Sec. 50.2. "Voter with disabilities" means a voter who has a permanent or temporary physical disability, as set forth in 52 U.S.C. 20107.
As added by P.L.4-1991, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.128-2015, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-50.3. "Voter With Print Disabilities"

Sec. 50.3. "Voter with print disabilities" means an individual who is unable to independently mark a paper ballot or ballot card due to blindness, low vision, or a physical disability that impairs manual dexterity.
As added by P.L.109-2021, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-51. "Voting Mark"

Sec. 51. "Voting mark" means any of the following:
(1) A cross mark or check mark (X or ✔) on a hand-counted paper ballot.
(2) A shaded-in circle, oval, or square, or a connected arrow on an optical scan ballot card.
(3) A highlighted area on a direct record electronic voting system.
As added by P.L.6-1986, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.194-2013, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-52. "Voting Method"

Sec. 52. "Voting method" means the use of:
(1) paper ballots;
(2) ballot card voting systems;
(3) electronic voting systems; or
(4) any combination of these;
to register votes in a precinct.
As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.221-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-53. "Voting System"

Sec. 53. "Voting system" means, as provided in 52 U.S.C. 21081:
(1) the total combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment (including the software, firmware, and documentation required to program, control, and support that equipment) that is used:
(A) to define ballots;
(B) to cast and count votes;
(C) to report or display election results; and
(D) to maintain and produce any audit trail information; and
(2) the practices and associated documentation used:
(A) to identify system components and versions of those components;
(B) to test the system during its development and maintenance;
(C) to maintain records of system errors and defects;
(D) to determine specific system changes to be made to a system after the initial qualification of the system; and
(E) to make available any materials to the voter (such as notices, instructions, forms, or paper ballots).
As added by P.L.4-1991, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.209-2003, SEC.3; P.L.164-2006, SEC.2; P.L.128-2015, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-53.5. "Web Content Guidelines"

Sec. 53.5. "Web Content Guidelines" refers to version 2.1 of the recommendations for making web content accessible for individuals with disabilities published on June 5, 2018, by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium.
As added by P.L.109-2021, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 2. Definitions › 3-5-2-54. "Write-in Candidate"

Sec. 54. "Write-in candidate" means a candidate:
(1) who has filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate; and
(2) whose declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate has been accepted by the appropriate authority under IC 3-8-2-5 and IC 3-8-2-6.
As added by P.L.4-1991, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-1. Payment of Expenses by County and Municipality; Appropriations; Receipt and Expenditure of Private Funds for Election Expenses Prohibited

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in sections 7 through 10 of this chapter, the county auditor shall pay the expenses of voter registration and for all election supplies, equipment, and expenses out of the county treasury in the manner provided by law. The county fiscal body shall make the necessary appropriations for these purposes.
(b) The county executive shall pay to the circuit court clerk or board of registration the expenses of:
(1) removing voters from the registration record under IC 3-7-43, IC 3-7-45, or IC 3-7-46; and
(2) performing voter list maintenance programs under IC 3-7;
out of the county treasury without appropriation.
(c) Registration expenses incurred by a circuit court clerk or board of registration for:
(1) the salaries of members of a board of registration appointed under IC 3-7-12-9;
(2) the salaries of chief clerks appointed under IC 3-7-12-17; and
(3) the salaries of assistants employed under IC 3-7-12-19;
may not be charged to a municipality. However, the municipality may be charged for wages of extra persons employed to provide additional assistance reasonably related to the municipal election.
(d) A political subdivision that conducts or administers an election may not:
(1) accept private money donations; or
(2) receive or expend funds received;
from a person for preparing, administering, or conducting elections or employing individuals on a temporary basis for the purpose of preparing, administering, or conducting elections, including registering voters. This subsection does not prohibit a political subdivision from receiving or expending funds from the state or from the federal government to prepare for, administer, or conduct an election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-4-5(d) part; 3-1-7-5(a); 3-1-5-16 part; 3-1-14-13; 3-1-23-14; 3-1-31-4; 3-2-7-4(a) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.1; P.L.15-1993, SEC.1; P.L.12-1995, SEC.8; P.L.4-1996, SEC.2; P.L.109-2021, SEC.5; P.L.87-2022, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-2. County Election and Registration Fund; Tax Levy

Sec. 2. The legislative body of a county may establish a county election and registration fund for the purpose of paying for all the expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter. The legislative body may annually levy a tax on all taxable property in the county, in the manner that other taxes are levied, sufficient to meet the average annual expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter. The county shall deposit the revenues from this tax into the fund.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-5-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-3. Payment of Election and Registration Expenses From Fund

Sec. 3. After a county election and registration fund has been established, the county shall budget and pay for all the expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter from the fund. The county may not use the money in the fund for any other purpose. Whenever a municipality reimburses the county for expenses under this chapter, the county shall deposit the money received from the municipality into the fund.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-5-1 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-4. Monitoring of Fund by County Executive; Ordinance Authorizing Transfer Between Funds

Sec. 4. After a county election and registration fund has been established, the county executive shall monitor the fund to determine if it contains sufficient money to meet the obligations of the fund. Whenever the executive finds that there is not sufficient money in the fund, the executive may request that the county fiscal body adopt an ordinance authorizing a transfer between funds. If the ordinance is adopted, the executive shall order the county auditor to transfer the amount specified in the ordinance from the general fund of the county to the election and registration fund.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-5-2.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-5. Counties Without Election and Registration Fund; Payment of Expenses From General Fund

Sec. 5. In a county that does not have an election and registration fund established under this chapter, the county shall budget and pay for all the expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter from the general fund of the county.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-9-14; 3-2-5-3.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-6. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-7-5(b); 3-2-7.6-16(b).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.9-1987, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-7. Municipal Elections Conducted by County Election Board; Expenses

Sec. 7. All expenses for a municipal primary election or municipal election that is conducted by a county election board shall be allowed by the county executive and shall be paid out of the general fund of the county, without any appropriation being required. The county auditor shall certify the amount of that allowance to the fiscal officer of the municipality not later than thirty (30) days after the municipal primary or municipal election. The fiscal body of the municipality shall make the necessary appropriation to reimburse the county for the expense of the primary election or election not later than December 31 of the year in which the municipal election is conducted.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(a) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-8. Apportionment of Municipal Election Expenses

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), during the period that begins ninety (90) days before a municipal primary election and continues until the day after the following municipal election, all expenses of the primary election and election that cannot be chargeable directly to any municipality shall be apportioned as follows:
(1) Twenty-five percent (25%) to the county.
(2) Seventy-five percent (75%) to the municipalities in the county holding the municipal primary election and municipal election.
(b) The apportionment made under subsection (a) does not apply to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for the expenses described in subsection (a).
(c) This subsection applies to a county that is designated as a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1. During the period that begins ninety (90) days before a municipal primary election and continues until the day after the following municipal election, all expenses incurred by the county in conducting the municipal primary election and municipal election shall be apportioned among the municipalities in the county holding a municipal primary and municipal election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(a) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.2; P.L.14-2004, SEC.5; P.L.74-2017, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-9. Apportionment Among Municipalities

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), whenever more than one (1) municipality in a county conducts a municipal primary election, the seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses that cannot be chargeable directly to any particular municipality under section 8 of this chapter shall be apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the municipal primary election bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the county at that municipal primary election.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), whenever more than one (1) municipality in a county conducts a municipal election, the seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses that are not chargeable directly to any particular municipality under section 8 of this chapter must be apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the municipal election bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the county that conducted a municipal election.
(c) The apportionment made under subsection (a) does not apply to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for the expenses described in subsection (a).
(d) This subsection:
(1) applies to a county designated as a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1; and
(2) does not apply to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for its municipal primary election and municipal election expenses.
All expenses incurred by the county in conducting the municipal primary election and municipal election shall be apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the municipal primary election or the municipal election bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the county at that municipal primary election or municipal election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(a) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.3; P.L.10-1988, SEC.3; P.L.14-2004, SEC.6; P.L.74-2017, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-10. Itemization of Expenses

Sec. 10. The county election board shall, on a form prescribed under IC 3-6-4.1-14, itemize all the expenses of any election for which a municipality is required to reimburse the county.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(b).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-11. Assessment of Town for Cost of Election

Sec. 11. Notwithstanding section 7 of this chapter, in a year in which a town election coincides with a general election, the county election board may not assess the town for the cost of the election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(c).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses › 3-5-3-12. Special Election; Payment of Costs

Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to a special election that is conducted:
(1) on the same date as another election; and
(2) in precincts in which the other election is not conducted on that date.
(b) This section does not apply to a special election conducted in a county at the same time as:
(1) a primary election conducted in a general election year; or
(2) a general election.
(c) If a statute requires that a political subdivision pay all costs of conducting a special election, then the political subdivision is required to pay only the costs incurred for conducting the special election in the precincts in which the other election is not conducted on that date. The cost incurred by the political subdivision shall be determined based on the ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the precincts in which the other election is not conducted bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all elections conducted within the county on that date.
As added by P.L.74-2017, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-1. Time for Filing

Sec. 1. Whenever this title specifies a final day for a particular filing but no final hour of that day, the final hour for the receipt of the particular filing is noon, prevailing time, of that final day.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-1-2.5.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-1.2. Election Division or Secretary of State Filing Delivered to County or Local Election Official Is Void

Sec. 1.2. (a) Whenever this title requires that a document declaring or certifying the candidacy of a person be filed with the election division or the secretary of state as a condition for the filing to be effective:
(1) a county election board;
(2) a circuit court clerk;
(3) a county voter registration office;
(4) a board of elections and registration; or
(5) a town election board;
may not accept the filing on behalf of the election division or the secretary of state.
(b) A county election board, circuit court clerk, county voter registration office, board of elections and registration, or town election board that accepts a document that is required to be filed with the election division or the secretary of state as a condition for the filing to be effective:
(1) may not act as an agent of the election division or the secretary of state; and
(2) is not required to transmit the filing to the election division or the secretary of state.
(c) If a board, office, or clerk referred to in subsection (a)(1) through (a)(5) accepts a document that is required to be filed with the election division or the secretary of state as a condition for the filing to be effective, the following apply:
(1) The filing is void.
(2) The name of a candidate set forth in the filing may not appear on the ballot, unless the document is filed with the election division or the secretary of state in the manner required by this title.
As added by P.L.124-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-1.3. Statement to Candidate After Filing Candidacy Document; Contents of Statement; Entry of Information Into the Statewide Voter Registration System

Sec. 1.3. (a) Not later than the close of one (1) business day after a person files a declaration of candidacy, a request for placement on the presidential primary ballot, a certificate of nomination by a convention, a certificate of nomination by petition, a certification of candidate selection to fill a ballot vacancy, or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate in the office of the election division or circuit court clerk, the election division or circuit court clerk shall send a statement to the candidate by:
(1) hand delivery;
(2) first class United States mail; or
(3) electronic mail, if an electronic mail address has been provided by the person;
to the mailing address or electronic mail address set forth in the document filed with the office.
(b) The statement must set forth the following:
(1) That the candidate has filed the document described in subsection (a).
(2) The name of the candidate.
(3) The office for which the individual is a candidate.
(4) The date on which the document was filed.
(5) That acceptance of the document for filing does not prevent the filing from being challenged in the manner set forth in this title.
(c) The circuit court clerk shall enter:
(1) the name and other information provided by each candidate for an elected office or a political party office who files a document described in subsection (a) with the county election board; and
(2) the text of a public question certified to the county election board under IC 3-10-9;
into the election management module of the statewide voter registration system not later than the deadline for estimating the number of ballots required to be printed under IC 3-11-4-10.
As added by P.L.278-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.193-2021, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-1.5. Time for Commencement of Legal Actions

Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies if this title requires that a legal action be taken at the office of:
(1) the secretary of state or the election division; or
(2) a circuit court clerk or a political subdivision.
(b) Notwithstanding IC 4-1-2-2, if the final day or time for performing the action falls on a day or time when the office is not open to conduct public business or on a day observed as a holiday under IC 1-1-9, the legal action may be performed:
(1) on the next day that the office is open for public business; or
(2) through noon of the next day that the office is open for public business if the action to be performed is the receipt of a filing.
As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.8; P.L.169-2015, SEC.3; P.L.74-2017, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-1.7. Filings by Fax or Electronic Mail; Electronic, Digital, Digitized, or Photocopied Signatures

Sec. 1.7. (a) Except as otherwise expressly authorized or required under this title, a filing by a person with a commission, the election division, an election board, or a county voter registration office may not be made by fax or electronic mail.
(b) A petition of nomination filed with a county voter registration office under IC 3-8-2, IC 3-8-2.5, IC 3-8-3, or IC 3-8-6 or a petition to place a public question on the ballot, or any other petition filed that requires the county voter registration office to certify the validity of signatures, may not contain the electronic signature, including a signature described in IC 26-2-8-106, digital signature, digitized signature, or photocopied signature of a voter.
(c) An electronic signature, digital signature, digitized signature, or photocopied signature of a candidate, campaign finance committee chairman, or campaign finance committee treasurer may be used for campaign finance statements and reports filed under IC 3-9.
As added by P.L.230-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.219-2013, SEC.2; P.L.74-2017, SEC.6; P.L.257-2019, SEC.1; P.L.227-2023, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-1.9. Receiving Filing After Deadline; Exceptions

Sec. 1.9. (a) This section does not apply to a delinquent campaign finance filing received under IC 3-9.
(b) This section does not apply to an application for voter registration received while registration is closed under IC 3-7.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the election division, an election board, a circuit court clerk, a county voter registration office, or any other official responsible for receiving a filing under this title may not receive a filing that is offered to be filed after a deadline for the filing provided by this title.
As added by P.L.164-2006, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.225-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-2. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-21-7 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.3-1987, SEC.570.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-3. Repealed

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-21-7 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.3-1987, SEC.570.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-4. Immunity From Arrest While at or Going to and From Polls

Sec. 4. A voter is not subject to arrest while going to the polls, while in attendance there, and while returning from the polls. However, this section does not apply in a case of:
(1) treason;
(2) felony; or
(3) breach of the peace.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-21-5.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-7. References to Federal Statutes or Regulations

Sec. 7. Except as otherwise provided in this title, a reference to a federal statute or regulation in this title is a reference to the statute or regulation as in effect January 1, 2023.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.9; P.L.4-1996, SEC.3; P.L.122-2000, SEC.1; P.L.209-2003, SEC.4; P.L.230-2005, SEC.2; P.L.225-2011, SEC.5; P.L.128-2015, SEC.6; P.L.141-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-9. Authentication of Ballots by Circuit Court Clerk

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies whenever the individual who holds the office of circuit court clerk is a candidate on the ballot for any office. This section does not apply if the only office for which the individual is a candidate is a political party office.
(b) As used in this section, "ballot" refers to an absentee ballot, a ballot card, or any other form of ballot.
(c) Notwithstanding any law requiring the name or signature of the circuit court clerk to appear on a ballot for authentication or any other purpose, the name or signature of the individual who is circuit court clerk may not appear on the ballot except to indicate that the individual is a candidate for an office.
(d) The circuit court clerk shall substitute a uniform device or symbol prescribed by the election division for the circuit court clerk's printed name or signature to authenticate a ballot.
(e) A device or symbol approved by the commission under this section before January 1, 2021, is considered to be approved by the election division without any further action by the election division being required.
As added by P.L.263-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.3; P.L.109-2021, SEC.6; P.L.227-2023, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-10. Ownership of Ballots, Poll Lists, and Other Documents or Materials Generated or Used by a Convention or Caucus

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to:
(1) a convention required or permitted under this title that is conducted by a political party to nominate candidates; or
(2) a caucus conducted by a political party under IC 3-13 to nominate candidates.
(b) The ballots, poll lists, and other documents or material generated for or used by the convention or caucus are the property of the political party. This property shall be retained and preserved in the manner specified by the rules of the political party.
As added by P.L.9-2004, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions › 3-5-4-12. Agreements to Use a Threat, Intelligence, and Enterprise Security Company Designated by the Secretary of State; Expiration of Section

Sec. 12. (a) This section applies only if the costs to a county to enter into an agreement required by this section can be paid from money:
(1) received from the federal government and permitted to be spent for this purpose; or
(2) appropriated by the general assembly for this purpose.
(b) Each county shall enter into an agreement with the secretary of state to use a threat intelligence and enterprise security company designated by the secretary of state to provide hardware, software, and services to:
(1) investigate cybersecurity attacks;
(2) protect against malicious software; and
(3) analyze information technology security risks.
(c) The agreement to provide services to a county under this section:
(1) has no effect on any threat intelligence and enterprise security service provided to the county by any other agreement with a provider or by any county employee or contractor; and
(2) must be designed to complement any existing service agreement or service used by the county;
when the county enters into the agreement.
(d) This section expires January 1, 2028.
As added by P.L.135-2020, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.193-2021, SEC.5; P.L.115-2022, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4.5. Standards for Challenges to Voters › 3-5-4.5-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a challenge to a voter made by a precinct election officer, a watcher, a challenger, or a pollbook holder under this title.
As added by P.L.164-2006, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4.5. Standards for Challenges to Voters › 3-5-4.5-2. Challenge; Residency at Educational Institution

Sec. 2. A person may not challenge the right of an individual to vote at an election in the precinct solely on the basis of the individual's:
(1) enrollment in an educational institution; or
(2) registration to vote at an address that is housing provided for students by the educational institution.
As added by P.L.164-2006, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4.5. Standards for Challenges to Voters › 3-5-4.5-3. Challenge; Party Affiliation, Support or Opposition to Candidate or Question

Sec. 3. Except as permitted in a primary election under IC 3-10-1, a person may not challenge the right of an individual to vote at an election in the precinct solely on the basis of the individual's:
(1) actual or perceived affiliation with a political party; or
(2) support or opposition to a candidate or the adoption of a public question.
As added by P.L.164-2006, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 3. Elections › Article 5. General Provisions › Chapter 4.5. Standards for Challenges to Voters › 3-5-4.5-4. Violations; Removal of Officer; Void Credentials

Sec. 4. If a county election board determines that a person has violated a provision of this chapter, the board may remove a precinct election officer from office or void the credentials of a watcher, challenger, or pollbook holder.
As added by P.L.164-2006, SEC.4.