{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-5-4-1.7","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-5-4-1.7","heading":"Filings by fax or electronic mail; electronic, digital, digitized, or photocopied signatures","body":"Sec. 1.7. (a) Except as otherwise expressly authorized or required under this title, a filing by a person with a commission, the election division, an election board, or a county voter registration office may not be made by fax or electronic mail.\n(b) This subsection does not apply to a petition of nomination described in IC 3-8-2, IC 3-8-3, or IC 3-8-6 that may be forwarded by a county voter registration official to the election division. Notwithstanding subsection (a) and except as provided in IC 3-12-5, a:\n(1) circuit court clerk;\n(2) voter registration official; or\n(3) county election board;\nmay make a filing by fax or electronic mail, if the filing is required under this title to be made with the commission or election division.\n(c) A petition of nomination filed with a county voter registration office under IC 3-8-2, IC 3-8-2.5, IC 3-8-3, or IC 3-8-6 or a petition to place a public question on the ballot, or any other petition filed that requires the county voter registration office to certify the validity of signatures, may not contain the electronic signature, including a signature described in IC 26-2-8-106, digital signature, digitized signature, or photocopied signature of a voter.\n(d) An electronic signature, digital signature, digitized signature, or photocopied signature of a candidate, campaign finance committee chairman, or campaign finance committee treasurer may be used for campaign finance statements and reports filed under IC 3-9.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-5-4-1.7","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"3513c41efd48cc5b3d436e4e96b53a6d4ee53e8720e9ddc32b7670eadeee61a1","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-5-4-1.5","next":"us-in/ic-3-5-4-1.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}