Section 3-11-11-7 - Standards to define a vote; voting procedure; marking; write-in votes(a) This section is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on a paper ballot.(b) After receiving ballots under section 6 of this chapter, a voter shall, without leaving the room, go alone into one (1) of the booths or compartments that is unoccupied and indicate: (1) the candidates for whom the voter desires to vote by making a voting mark on or in the squares immediately before the candidates' names; and(2) the voter's preference on each public question by making a voting mark in front of the word "yes" or "no" under the question.(c) Write-in votes shall be cast by: (1) making a voting mark on or in the square immediately before the space provided for write-in voting; and(2) printing the name of the candidate in the space provided for write-in voting.Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-21 part.
Amended by P.L. 128-2015, SEC. 186, eff. 5/4/2015, retroactive.As added by P.L. 5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L. 6-1986, SEC.21; P.L. 4-1991, SEC.102; P.L. 209-2003, SEC.152.