Indiana Code 3-10-4-9. Voting procedure; marking ballots; examination of ballots by secretary of state; consistency of ballots with pledge; vacating office of elector; counting and recording ballots
(b) Each presidential elector shall mark the presidential elector’s presidential and vice-presidential ballots with the presidential elector’s votes for the offices of President and Vice President, respectively, along with the presidential elector’s signature and the presidential elector’s legibly printed name.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 3-10-4-9
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(d) A presidential elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the presidential elector’s pledge executed under section 1.7 or 8(c) of this chapter, vacates the office of presidential elector. The vacant presidential elector office shall be filled as provided in section 8 of this chapter.
(e) The secretary of state shall distribute ballots to and collect ballots from an alternate presidential elector and repeat the process under this section of examining ballots, declaring vacant offices as required, and recording appropriately completed ballots from the alternate presidential electors, until all of Indiana’s electoral votes have been cast and recorded.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-12-7.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.177; P.L.201-2017, SEC.21.