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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Sec. 16. (a) As used in this section, “electioneering” means making a verbal statement, displaying a written statement indicating support or opposition to a candidate, political party, or public question appearing on the ballot, or wearing or displaying an article of clothing, sign, button, or placard that states:
(1) the name of any political party or includes the name, picture, photograph, or other likeness of any candidate or currently elected federal, state, county, or local official; or
(2) support for the approval or defeat of a public question.
(b) The term does not include expressing support or opposition to a candidate or a political party or expressing approval or disapproval of a public question in:
(1) material mailed to a voter; or
(2) a telephone or an electronic communication with a voter.
(c) A person who knowingly does any electioneering:
(1) on election day within:
(A) the polls; or
(B) the chute;
(2) before election day within:
(A) the office of the circuit court clerk or a satellite office of the circuit court clerk established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 used by an absentee voter board to permit an individual to cast an absentee ballot; or
(B) fifty (50) feet of the entrance to the office of the circuit court clerk or satellite office; or
(3) except for a voter who is:
(A) the person's spouse;
(B) an incapacitated person (as defined in IC 29-3-1-7.5) for whom the person has been appointed the guardian (as defined in IC 29-3-1-6); or
(C) a member of the person's household;
in the presence of a voter whom the person knows possesses an absentee ballot provided to the voter in accordance with Indiana law;
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 3. Elections § 3-14-3-16 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-3-elections/in-code-sect-3-14-3-16.html
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