Indiana Code Title 3. Elections § 3-11-4-3

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) and section 6 of this chapter, an application for an absentee ballot must be received by the circuit court clerk (or, in a county subject to IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.6, the director of the board of elections and registration) not earlier than the date the registration period resumes under IC 3-7-13-10 nor later than the following:

(b) An application for an absentee ballot received by the election division by the time and date specified by subsection (a)(2)(B), (a)(3), or (a)(4) is considered to have been timely received for purposes of processing by the county. The election division shall immediately transmit the application to the circuit court clerk, or the director of the board of elections and registration, of the county where the applicant resides. The election division is not required to complete or file the affidavit required under section 2(m) of this chapter whenever the election division transmits an application under this subsection.

(c) If the circuit court clerk receives an absentee ballot application for a voter that is not registered to vote in the county where the clerk serves, the clerk shall forward the application, on an expedited basis, to the circuit court clerk of the county where the voter is registered to vote. The circuit court clerk that receives the application on an expedited basis shall consider the application as filed on the date and time it was filed with the clerk that forwarded the application.

(d) An application for an absentee ballot for the election may not be received by the circuit court clerk (or, in a county subject to IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.6, the director of the board of elections and registration) earlier than December 1 of the year before the election.