{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-12-4-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-12-4-4","heading":"Employment of clerical assistants and write-in teams; nonpartisan student assistants","body":"Sec. 4. (a) Each county election board may employ clerical assistants if necessary for the proper canvassing and tabulating of the vote. However, except as provided in subsection (d), not more than one-half (1/2) of the assistants employed by the board may be members of the same political party.\n(b) The county election board shall appoint the number of two (2) member write-in teams that are necessary to examine and count write-in votes cast on ballot card voting systems on election night. The county chairmen of the two (2) major political parties of a county shall each designate one (1) member of each write-in team. The write-in teams are considered employees of the county canvassing board and must meet the qualifications of canvassing board employees.\n(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a county election board may not employ a person to assist with canvassing unless the person would be eligible to serve as a precinct election officer under IC 3-6-6-7.\n(d) The county election board may, by unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board, employ a student to assist the board under this section if the student is:\n(1) enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution (including a community college); and\n(2) a registered voter of the county.\nA student appointed under this subsection must serve the board in a nonpartisan manner.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 12. ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS","Chapter 4. Canvassing Returns by County Election Board"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-12-4-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"71868294b87bbfc7122f5432b883806d68b2a38b1f8e3ff852c32a5d3630503d","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-12-4-3","next":"us-in/ic-3-12-4-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}