{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-11-11-7","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-11-11-7","heading":"Standards to define a vote; voting procedure; marking; write-in votes","body":"Sec. 7. (a) This section is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on a paper ballot.\n(b) After receiving ballots under section 6 of this chapter, a voter shall, without leaving the room, go alone into one (1) of the booths or compartments that is unoccupied and indicate:\n(1) the candidates for whom the voter desires to vote by making a voting mark on or in the squares immediately before the candidates' names; and\n(2) the voter's preference on each public question by making a voting mark in front of the word \"yes\" or \"no\" under the question.\n(c) Write-in votes shall be cast by:\n(1) making a voting mark on or in the square immediately before the space provided for write-in voting; and\n(2) printing the name of the candidate in the space provided for write-in voting.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 11. VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT","Chapter 11. Voting by Paper Ballot"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-11-11-7","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"148fcca1af339b7fbaaf3be32d1b48cb1b1736aef30419b2920d3603b8db9b65","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-11-11-6","next":"us-in/ic-3-11-11-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}