CHAPTER 13. REGISTRATION AND VOTING REQUIREMENTS; GENERAL PROVISIONS
IC 3-7-13
Chapter 13. Registration and Voting Requirements; General
Provisions
IC 3-7-13-1
Persons eligible to vote
Sec. 1. A person who:
(1) will be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the next general,
municipal, or special election;
(2) is a United States citizen; and
(3) resides in a precinct continuously before a general,
municipal, or special election for at least thirty (30) days;
may, upon making a proper application under this article, register to
vote in that precinct.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-2
Eligibility to vote in primary election
Sec. 2. A person who, on the day of the next general, municipal,
or special election, will meet the age and residency requirements of
section 1 of this chapter may register and vote in the primary
election.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-3
Eligibility to vote for candidates for elected offices, public
questions, or political party officers
Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a person who:
(1) on the day of the next general, municipal, or special
election, will meet the age and residency requirements of
section 1 of this chapter; and
(2) does not meet the age or residency requirements on primary
election day.
(b) A person described in subsection (a) may not cast a ballot:
(1) for candidates for:
(A) elected offices;
(B) precinct committeeman; or
(C) state convention delegate; or
(2) on public questions;
to be voted on at the same time that the primary election is
conducted.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.66-2003, SEC.5.
IC 3-7-13-4
Disfranchisement of prisoners
Sec. 4. (a) A person who is:
(1) convicted of a crime; and
(2) imprisoned following conviction;
is deprived of the right of suffrage by the general assembly pursuant
to Article 2, Section 8 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(b) A person described in subsection (a) is ineligible to register
under this article during the period that the person is:
(1) imprisoned; or
(2) otherwise subject to lawful detention.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-5
Restoration of right to vote
Sec. 5. A person described in section 4 of this chapter who is
otherwise qualified to register under this article is eligible to register
when the person is no longer:
(1) imprisoned; or
(2) otherwise subject to lawful detention.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.195-2003,
SEC.1; P.L.118-2007, SEC.1.
IC 3-7-13-6
Disfranchisement of prisoners; exceptions
Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to a person who is:
(1) otherwise qualified to register under this article; and
(2) not imprisoned or subject to lawful detention.
(b) A person described in subsection (a) who is:
(1) on probation;
(2) on parole;
(3) subject to home detention under IC 35-38-2.5; or
(4) placed in a community corrections program under
IC 35-38-2.6;
is eligible to register and to vote.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-7
Validity of prior registration or transfer of registration
Sec. 7. A registration or transfer of registration executed in
conformity with prior law remains valid until canceled under this
article.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-8
Persons not required to register again
Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a voter:
(1) who is a resident of a precinct; and
(2) whose name appears on the registration record of a precinct.
(b) A person described in subsection (a) is not required to register
again as long as:
(1) the voter continues to reside at the same address at which
the voter is registered;
(2) the voter is not disfranchised according to law; and
(3) the voter's registration is not canceled under this title.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-9
Persons required to register or request transfer of registration
Sec. 9. During a registration period, only those voters whose
names do not appear on the registration record of the precincts of a
county must register or request a transfer of previous registration.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-10
Term of registration period; special election
Sec. 10. (a) The registration period begins December 1 of each
year (or the first Monday in December if December 1 falls on a
Saturday or Sunday).
(b) The registration period continues through the twenty-ninth day
before the date a primary election is scheduled under this title.
(c) The registration period resumes fourteen (14) days after
primary election day and continues through the twenty-ninth day
before the date a general or municipal election is scheduled under
this article.
(d) This subsection applies in each precinct in which a special
election is to be conducted. The registration period ceases in that
precinct on the twenty-ninth day before a special election is
conducted and resumes fourteen (14) days after the special election
occurs.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-11
Deadline for registration or transfer of registration
Sec. 11. A person desiring to register or transfer a registration
may do so at the office of the circuit court clerk or board of
registration through the close of business on the twenty-ninth day
before the election is scheduled to occur.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22.
IC 3-7-13-12
Registration application received at time other than registration
period; processing
Sec. 12. Except as otherwise provided in this article, if a county
voter registration office receives a properly completed registration
application during a time other than the registration period described
in section 10 of this chapter, the county voter registration office shall
enter the data from the application into the computerized list and
designate the application as pending in the same manner as other
applications received while the registration period was open are
designated as pending under IC 3-7-33-5. However, the county voter
registration office shall ensure that:
(1) the notice required under IC 3-7-33-5 is not mailed to the
applicant before the first day that the registration period
reopens; and
(2) the registration information provided by the applicant does
not appear on any certified list of voters or certificate of error
issued under this article.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.81-2005, SEC.1;
P.L.1-2006, SEC.1.
IC 3-7-13-13
Provision of identifying numbers; assignment of identifying
numbers
Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when
an individual registers to vote, the individual must provide the
individual's driver's license number issued under IC 9-24-11, as
provided under 42 U.S.C. 15483.
(b) If an individual does not have a driver's license issued under
IC 9-24-11, the individual must provide the last four (4) digits of the
individual's Social Security number when the individual registers to
vote, as provided under 42 U.S.C. 15483.
(c) As required under 42 U.S.C. 15483, if an individual does not
have a Social Security number, the election division shall assign the
individual a number to be associated with the individual's registration
in the computerized list maintained under IC 3-7-26.3. If the
individual has an identification card number issued under IC 9-24-16,
the election division shall assign that number as the voter's number
under this subsection. If the individual does not have an
identification card number issued under IC 9-24-16, the election
division shall assign a unique identifying number to the voter's
registration record in the computerized list, as provided under 42
U.S.C. 15483.
(d) The number provided by the individual under subsection (a)
or (b), or the number assigned to the individual under subsection (c),
is the individual's voter identification number.
(e) A voter's voter identification number may not be changed
unless:
(1) the voter made an error when providing the number when
registering to vote;
(2) the election division or a county voter registration office
made an error when entering the number into the computerized
list under IC 3-7-26.3;
(3) the voter obtains or provides a driver's license number under
IC 9-24-11 or a Social Security number after the voter was
assigned a number under subsection (c); or
(4) the voter ceases to have a driver's license number under
IC 9-24-11 after the voter provided that number under
subsection (a).
(f) If a voter transfers the voter's registration and the voter's voter
identification number is not included in the voter's registration
records, the voter registration officer of the county in which the
voter's registration is to be transferred shall require the voter to
provide the number required by subsection (a) or (b) before the
voter's registration is transferred. If the voter does not have either of
the numbers described in subsection (a) or (b), a voter identification
number shall be assigned to the voter under subsection (c).
As added by P.L.199-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.126-2002,
SEC.31; P.L.209-2003, SEC.25; P.L.1-2006, SEC.2 and
P.L.164-2006, SEC.7.