Section 3-11-13-28.7 - Poll clerk initials on secrecy envelopes; standards to define a vote(a) The two (2) poll clerks of each precinct shall place their initials in ink on the secrecy envelope of a ballot card (or on the fold-over part of a ballot card described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter) at the time the card is issued to a voter. The initials must be in the poll clerk's ordinary handwriting or printing and without a distinguishing mark of any kind.(b) This subsection is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on an optical scan voting system. A write-in vote cast on a secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope:(1) is not valid unless: (A) the secrecy envelope is initialed by both poll clerks; and(B) the vote includes both the name of the write-in candidate and the office for which the write-in vote is cast; and(2) makes the secrecy envelope or fold-over envelope a ballot for purposes of this title.Amended by P.L. 128-2015, SEC. 191, eff. 5/4/2015, retroactive.As added by P.L. 4-1991, SEC.108. Amended by P.L. 3-1993, SEC.169; P.L. 3-1997, SEC.323; P.L. 176-1999, SEC.87; P.L. 209-2003, SEC.159; P.L. 221-2005, SEC.83.