Ballot void for extrinsic act; erasures
Ind. Code § 3-12-1-4
in effectSec. 4. (a) The whole ballot is void if a voter does any act extrinsic to the ballot, such as enclosing any paper or other article in the folded ballot, with the intent to enable a person to determine that the voter cast the ballot.
(b) An erasure by a voter does not make the whole ballot void unless made with the intent to enable a person to determine who cast the ballot, but it does not register a vote for the elected office, political party office, or public question for which it is made.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-25-1(a) part; 3-1-25-18(a) part; 3-1-28-8 part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.34; P.L.3-1987, SEC.332.
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