Sec. 6. (a) All provisional ballots shall be prepared and printed under the direction of each county election board.

     (b) After completing the estimate required by section 4 of this chapter, the county election board shall immediately prepare the ballots and have the ballots printed.

     (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), ballots prepared by the county election board under this section must provide space for the voter to cast a write-in ballot.

     (d) The provisional ballots that are prepared and printed under this section shall be delivered to the circuit court clerk not later than fifty (50) days before a general, primary, special, or municipal election.

     (e) Space for write-in voting for an office is not required if there are no declared write-in candidates for that office. However, procedures must be implemented to permit write-in voting for candidates for federal offices.

     (f) This subsection applies to the printing of provisional ballots for a general election in which the names of the nominees for President and Vice President of the United States are to be printed on the ballot. The provisional ballots that are prepared and printed under this section must be delivered to the circuit court clerk or the clerk’s authorized deputy not later than thirty-eight (38) days before the general election.

As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.150; P.L.169-2015, SEC.146.