IC 3-11-13-28.7 — Poll clerk initials on secrecy envelopes; standards to define a vote
Chapter 13. Voting by Ballot Card Voting System
Bills amending this section
Section text
Sec. 28.7. (a) The two (2) poll clerks of each precinct shall place their initials in ink on the secrecy envelope of a ballot card (or on the fold-over part of a ballot card described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter) at the time the card is issued to a voter. The initials must be in the poll clerk's ordinary handwriting or printing and without a distinguishing mark of any kind. (b) This subsection is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on an optical scan voting system. A write-in vote cast on a secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope: (1) is not valid unless: (A) the secrecy envelope is initialed by both poll clerks; and (B) the vote includes both the name of the write-in candidate and the office for which the write-in vote is cast; and (2) makes the secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope a ballot for purposes of this title.
As added by P.L.4-1991, SEC.108. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.169; P.L.3-1997, SEC.323; P.L.176-1999, SEC.87; P.L.209-2003, SEC.159; P.L.221-2005, SEC.83; P.L.128-2015, SEC.191.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)