- (a) After a voter has marked a ballot card, the voter shall place it inside the envelope provided for this purpose or fold the envelope described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter and return the ballot card to the judge.
(b) The judge shall offer to return the envelope with the ballot card inside to the voter. The voter shall:
- (1) accept the envelope and deposit it in the ballot box; or
- (2) decline the envelope and require the judge to deposit it in the ballot box.
- (c) If a voter offers to vote a ballot card that is not inside the envelope provided for this purpose or with the envelope not folded if the ballot is described in section 18(b)(1) of this chapter, the precinct election board shall direct the voter to return to the booth and place the ballot card in the envelope provided for this purpose or fold the envelope.
- (d) After a voter's ballot cards have been deposited in the ballot box, the poll clerks shall make a voting mark after the voter's name on the poll list.
(e) After voting, a voter shall leave the polls. However, a voter to whom ballot cards and a marking device have been delivered may not leave the polls without voting the ballot cards or returning them to the poll clerk from whom the voter received them.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(e) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.321; P.L.4-1996, SEC.71; P.L.38-1999, SEC.49; P.L.176-1999, SEC.90; P.L.239-2001, SEC.13; P.L.221-2005, SEC.87.