Section 3-5-4-1.7 - Filings by fax or electronic mail; electronic, digital, digitized, or photocopied signatures(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) This subsection does not apply to a petition of nomination described in IC 3-8-2, IC 3-8-3, or IC 3-8-6 that may be forwarded by a county voter registration official to the election division. Notwithstanding subsection (a) and except as provided in IC 3-12-5, a: (2) voter registration official; or(3) county election board; may make a filing by fax or electronic mail, if the filing is required under this title to be made with the commission or election division.
(c) 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.(d) 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.Amended by P.L. 153-2024,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 227-2023,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 257-2019,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 74-2017,SEC. 6, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by P.L. 219-2013, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2013.As added by P.L. 230-2005, SEC.1.