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Indiana Code Title 3. Elections § 3-11-7-4

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a ballot card voting system must permit a voter to vote:

(1) except at a primary election, a straight party ticket for all of the candidates of one (1) political party by a single voting mark on each ballot card;

(2) for one (1) or more candidates of each political party or independent candidates, or for one (1) or more school board candidates nominated by petition;

(3) a split ticket for the candidates of different political parties and for independent candidates;  or

(4) a straight party ticket and then split that ticket by casting individual votes for candidates of another political party or independent candidate.

(b) A ballot card voting system must require that a voter who wishes to cast a ballot for a candidate for election to a school board office or an at-large district to which more than one (1) person may be elected, on a:

(1) county council;

(2) city common council;

(3) town council;  or

(4) township board;

make a voting mark for each individual candidate for whom the voter wishes to cast a vote.  The ballot card voting system may not count any straight party ticket voting mark as a vote for any candidate for an office described by this subsection.

(c) A ballot card voting system must permit a voter to vote:

(1) for all candidates for presidential electors and alternate presidential electors of a political party or an independent ticket by making a single voting mark;  and

(2) for or against a public question on which the voter may vote.

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