Section 3-12-1-4 - Ballot void for extrinsic act; erasures(a) The whole ballot is void if a voter does any act extrinsic to the ballot, such as enclosing any paper or other article in the folded ballot, with the intent to enable a person to determine that the voter cast the ballot.(b) An erasure by a voter does not make the whole ballot void unless made with the intent to enable a person to determine who cast the ballot, but it does not register a vote for the elected office, political party office, or public question for which it is made.Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-25-1(a) part; 3-1-25-18(a) part; 3-1-28-8 part.
As added by P.L. 5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L. 6-1986, SEC.34; P.L. 3-1987, SEC.332.