{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-14-3-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-14-3-4","heading":"Obstruction of, interference with, or injury of voter or election worker","body":"Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an offense that occurs at a health facility (as defined in IC 16-18-2-167).\n(b) For purposes of this section, \"election worker\" means an individual who serves as:\n(1) a precinct election officer, including an individual who serves as a precinct election officer at a vote center using a different title under IC 3-6-6-5.5;\n(2) a member of a county election board;\n(3) a member of a county board of elections and registration;\n(4) a member of a board of registration established under IC 3-7-12;\n(5) a circuit court clerk;\n(6) an employee of the office of a circuit court clerk;\n(7) a member of a town election board;\n(8) an individual who serves under IC 3-6-6-39;\n(9) a challenger or pollbook holder under IC 3-6-7;\n(10) a watcher under IC 3-6-8, IC 3-6-9, or IC 3-6-10; or\n(11) an individual appointed under IC 3-11.5-4:\n(A) to an absentee voter board;\n(B) as an absentee ballot counter; or\n(C) as a courier.\n(c) A person who, with the intent to obstruct or interfere with an election worker or a voter in the chute, knowingly or intentionally:\n(1) obstructs or interferes with:\n(A) an election worker in the discharge of the election worker's duty; or\n(B) a voter within the chute; and\n(2) engages in the obstruction or interference on:\n(A) election day; or\n(B) a day on which voting is permitted to occur before an absentee voter board;\ncommits a Level 6 felony.\n(d) A person who knowingly or intentionally injures an election worker or a voter:\n(1) in the exercise of the election worker's or voter's rights or duties; or\n(2) because the election worker or voter has exercised the election worker's or voter's rights or duties;\ncommits a Level 6 felony.\n(e) A person called as a witness to testify against another for a violation of this section is a competent witness to prove the offense even though the person may have been a party to the violation. The person shall be compelled to testify as other witnesses. However, the person's evidence may not be used against the person in a prosecution growing out of matters about which the person testifies, and the person is not liable to indictment or information for the offense.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 14. OFFENSES","Chapter 3. Interference With Free and Equal Elections"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-14-3-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"9892e324c83cbd5595fe7936b4b74630669982bf77ebd86bb6fe22b1b4cef531","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-14-3-3","next":"us-in/ic-3-14-3-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}