Sec. 7. (a) This section is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what constitutes a vote on a paper ballot. (b) After receiving ballots under section 6 of this chapter, a voter shall, without leaving the room, go alone into one (1) of the booths or compartments that is unoccupied and indicate: (1) the candidates for whom the voter desires to vote by making a voting mark on or in the squares immediately before the candidates' names; and (2) the voter's preference on each public question by making a voting mark in front of the word "yes" or "no" under the question. (c) Write-in votes shall be cast by: (1) making a voting mark on or in the square immediately before the space provided for write-in voting; and (2) printing the name of the candidate in the space provided for write-in voting. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-23-21 part.]
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