Capability of system; voting straight or split ticket variations; candidates elected to school board offices
Ind. Code § 3-11-7.5-10
in effectNote: This version of section effective 1-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 1-1-2027.
Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an electronic voting system must permit a voter to vote:
(1) except at a primary election, a straight party ticket for all the candidates of one (1) political party by touching the device of that party;
(2) for one (1) or more candidates of each political party or independent candidates, or for one (1) or more school board candidates nominated by petition;
(3) a split ticket for the candidates of different political parties and for independent candidates; or
(4) a straight party ticket and then split that ticket by casting individual votes for candidates.
(b) An electronic voting system must require that a voter who wishes to cast a ballot for a candidate for election to a school board office make a voting mark for each individual candidate for whom the voter wishes to cast a vote. The electronic voting system may not count any straight party ticket voting mark as a vote for any candidate for election to a school board office.
(c) An electronic voting system must permit a voter to vote:
(1) for as many candidates for an office as the voter may vote for, but no more;
(2) for or against a public question on which the voter may vote, but no other; and
(3) for all the candidates for presidential electors and alternate presidential electors of a political party or an independent ticket by making a single voting mark.
As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.250. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.141; P.L.219-2013, SEC.39; P.L.21-2016, SEC.15; P.L.201-2017, SEC.30; P.L.278-2019, SEC.66; P.L.195-2025, SEC.9; P.L.99-2026, SEC.6.
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