Indiana Code 3-11.5-4-10. Time for receipt of ballots; treatment
(1) uses a paper list of voters provided under IC 3-7-29-2;
(3) is not a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1.
Subject to IC 3-10-8-7.5, IC 3-12-1-17, and section 7 of this chapter, absentee ballots received by mail (or by fax or electronic mail under IC 3-11-4-6) after 6 p.m. on election day are considered as arriving too late and may not be counted.
(b) This subsection applies to a county described in subsection (a). An absentee ballot that is returned to the county election board between noon and 6 p.m. on election day may not be reviewed or counted under this article until all of the following have occurred:
(1) The polls in each precinct have closed.
(2) The poll list for the precinct with an absentee ballot that has not been counted has been returned to the county election board.
(3) The county election board confirms whether the voter cast a ballot at the polls on election day.
(c) This subsection applies to a county that:
(1) has adopted an order to use an electronic poll book under IC 3-7-29-6(a)(1); or
(2) is a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1.
Subject to IC 3-10-8-7.5 and IC 3-12-1-17, absentee ballots received by mail or by fax or electronic mail under IC 3-11-4 after 6 p.m. on election day are considered as arriving too late and may not be counted.
As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2002, SEC.83; P.L.198-2005, SEC.12; P.L.64-2014, SEC.63; P.L.109-2021, SEC.57.