Ind. Code ch. 3-7-13

Ind. Code ch. 3-7-13
in effect

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-1 Persons eligible to vote

Sec. 1. A person must: (1) be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the next general, municipal, or special election; (2) be a United States citizen; and (3) reside in a precinct continuously before a general, municipal, or special election for at least thirty (30) days; to register to vote in that precinct and may, upon making a proper application under this article, register to vote in that precinct. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.240-2025, SEC.10.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-2 Eligibility to vote in primary election

Sec. 2. A person who, on the day of the next general, municipal, or special election, will meet the age and residency requirements of section 1 of this chapter may register and vote in the primary election. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-3 Eligibility to vote for candidates for elected offices and public questions at a primary election

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a person who: (1) on the day of the next general, municipal, or special election, will meet the age and residency requirements of section 1 of this chapter; and (2) does not meet the age or residency requirements on primary election day. (b) A person described in subsection (a) may not cast a ballot: (1) for candidates for elected offices; or (2) on public questions; to be voted on at the same time that the primary election is conducted. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.66-2003, SEC.5; P.L.6-2015, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-4 Disfranchisement of prisoners

Sec. 4. (a) A person who is: (1) convicted of a crime; and (2) imprisoned following conviction; is deprived of the right of suffrage by the general assembly pursuant to Article 2, Section 8 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. (b) A person described in subsection (a) is ineligible to register under this article during the period that the person is: (1) imprisoned; or (2) otherwise subject to lawful detention. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-5 Restoration of right to vote

Sec. 5. A person described in section 4 of this chapter who is otherwise qualified to register under this article is eligible to register when the person is no longer: (1) imprisoned; or (2) otherwise subject to lawful detention. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.195-2003, SEC.1; P.L.118-2007, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-6 Disfranchisement of prisoners; exceptions

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to a person who is: (1) otherwise qualified to register under this article; and (2) not imprisoned or subject to lawful detention. (b) A person described in subsection (a) who is: (1) on probation; (2) on parole; (3) subject to home detention under IC 35-38-2.5; or (4) placed in a community corrections program under IC 35-38-2.6; is eligible to register and to vote. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-7 Validity of prior registration or transfer of registration

Sec. 7. A registration or transfer of registration executed in conformity with prior law remains valid until canceled under this article. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-8 Persons not required to register again

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a voter: (1) who is a resident of a precinct; and (2) whose name appears on the registration record of a precinct. (b) A person described in subsection (a) is not required to register again as long as: (1) the voter continues to reside at the same address at which the voter is registered; (2) the voter is not disfranchised according to law; and (3) the voter's registration is not canceled under this title. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-9 Persons required to register or request transfer of registration

Sec. 9. During a registration period, only those voters whose names do not appear on the registration record of the precincts of a county must register or request a transfer of previous registration. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-10 Times for voter registration; exceptions for absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters

Sec. 10. (a) After a general or municipal election is conducted, the registration period resumes on the following December 1 (or the first Monday in December if December 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday). (b) Except as provided in IC 3-7-36 for absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters, the registration period continues through the twenty-ninth day before the date a primary election is scheduled under this title. (c) Except as provided in IC 3-7-36 for absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters, the registration period resumes fourteen (14) days after primary election day and continues through the twenty-ninth day before the date a general or municipal election is scheduled under this article. (d) This subsection applies in each precinct in which a special election, municipal primary election, or municipal election is to be conducted. Except as provided in IC 3-7-36 for absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters, the registration period ceases in that precinct on the twenty-ninth day before a special election, municipal primary election, or municipal election is conducted and resumes fourteen (14) days after the special election, municipal primary election, or municipal election occurs. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.219-2013, SEC.7; P.L.74-2017, SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-11 Deadline for registration or transfer of registration

Sec. 11. A person desiring to register or transfer a registration may do so at the office of the circuit court clerk or board of registration through the close of business on the twenty-ninth day before the election is scheduled to occur. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-12 Registration application received at time other than registration period; processing

Sec. 12. Except as otherwise provided in this article, if a county voter registration office receives a properly completed registration application during a time other than the registration period described in section 10 of this chapter, the county voter registration office may enter the data from the application into the computerized list and designate the application as incomplete. The county voter registration office shall ensure that: (1) the notice required under IC 3-7-33-5 is not mailed to the applicant before the first day that the registration period reopens; and (2) the registration information provided by the applicant does not appear on any certified list of voters or certificate of error issued under this article. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.81-2005, SEC.1; P.L.1-2006, SEC.1; P.L.169-2015, SEC.17.

Ind. Code § 3-7-13-13 Voter identification number

Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when an individual registers to vote, the individual must provide the individual's driver's license number issued under IC 9-24-11, as provided under 52 U.S.C. 21083. (b) If an individual does not have a driver's license issued under IC 9-24-11, the individual must provide the last four (4) digits of the individual's Social Security number when the individual registers to vote, as provided under 52 U.S.C. 21083. (c) As required under 52 U.S.C. 21083, if an individual does not have a Social Security number, the election division shall assign the individual a number to be associated with the individual's registration in the computerized list maintained under IC 3-7-26.3. If the individual has an identification card number issued under IC 9-24-16, the election division shall assign that number as the voter's number under this subsection. If the individual does not have an identification card number issued under IC 9-24-16, the election division shall assign a unique identifying number to the voter's registration record in the computerized list, as provided under 52 U.S.C. 21083. (d) The number provided by the individual under subsection (a) or (b), or the number assigned to the individual under subsection (c), is the individual's voter identification number. (e) A voter's voter identification number may not be changed unless: (1) the voter made an error when providing the number when registering to vote; (2) the election division or a county voter registration office made an error when entering the number into the computerized list under IC 3-7-26.3; (3) the voter obtains or provides a driver's license number under IC 9-24-11 or a Social Security number after the voter was assigned a number under subsection (c); or (4) the voter ceases to have a driver's license number under IC 9-24-11 after the voter provided that number under subsection (a). (f) If a voter transfers the voter's registration and the voter's voter identification number is not included in the voter's registration records, the voter registration officer of the county in which the voter's registration is to be transferred shall require the voter to provide the number required by subsection (a) or (b) before the voter's registration is transferred. If the voter does not have either of the numbers described in subsection (a) or (b), a voter identification number shall be assigned to the voter under subsection (c). As added by P.L.199-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.126-2002, SEC.31; P.L.209-2003, SEC.25; P.L.1-2006, SEC.2 and P.L.164-2006, SEC.7; P.L.128-2015, SEC.33.
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