Sec. 7. (a) This section is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. § 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on a paper ballot.

     (b) After receiving ballots under section 6 of this chapter, a voter shall, without leaving the room, go alone into one (1) of the booths or compartments that is unoccupied and indicate:

(1) the candidates for whom the voter desires to vote by making a voting mark on or in the squares immediately before the candidates’ names; and

(2) the voter’s preference on each public question by making a voting mark in front of the word “yes” or “no” under the question.

     (c) Write-in votes shall be cast by:

(1) making a voting mark on or in the square immediately before the space provided for write-in voting; and

(2) printing the name of the candidate in the space provided for write-in voting.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-21 part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.21; P.L.4-1991, SEC.102; P.L.209-2003, SEC.152; P.L.128-2015, SEC.186.