{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-12-8-2.5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-12-8-2.5","heading":"Chapter establishes standards to define vote; exception","body":"Sec. 2.5. (a) This section does not apply to a contest concerning whether a contestee was ineligible as alleged under section 2(1) of this chapter.\n(b) This chapter is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what will be counted as a vote on a paper ballot, an optical scan voting system, or an electronic voting system in a contest conducted under this chapter.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 12. ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS","Chapter 8. Contest Procedures for Nomination for or Election to Local or School Board Offices"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-12-8-2.5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"a9be165142822dd1f00f2bb337b2f60d69fff4224f5e4ff38647ea3c54cd0b1a","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-12-8-2","next":"us-in/ic-3-12-8-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}