{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-11-13-28.7","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-11-13-28.7","heading":"Poll clerk initials on secrecy envelopes; standards to define a vote","body":"Sec. 28.7. (a) The two (2) poll clerks of each precinct shall place their initials in ink on the secrecy envelope of a ballot card (or on the fold-over part of a ballot card described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter) at the time the card is issued to a voter. The initials must be in the poll clerk's ordinary handwriting or printing and without a distinguishing mark of any kind.\n(b) This subsection is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on an optical scan voting system. A write-in vote cast on a secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope:\n(1) is not valid unless:\n(A) the secrecy envelope is initialed by both poll clerks; and\n(B) the vote includes both the name of the write-in candidate and the office for which the write-in vote is cast; and\n(2) makes the secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope a ballot for purposes of this title.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 11. VOTING METHODS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT","Chapter 13. Voting by Ballot Card Voting System"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-11-13-28.7","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"1c884a0368cd3d8faf090077654ea93384d2487e26274af0bfb9639ee896b5a4","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-11-13-28.5","next":"us-in/ic-3-11-13-29"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}