{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-12-1-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-12-1-4","heading":"Ballot void for extrinsic act; erasures","body":"Sec. 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.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 12. ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS","Chapter 1. Rules for Counting Ballots"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-12-1-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"48f1da3950411f1e94497aab555973d8b2c49e93e1aded99da14942628975825","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-12-1-3","next":"us-in/ic-3-12-1-5-version-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}