Indiana Code § 3-14-1-17

Use of government employer's property for soliciting contribution, advocating election or defeat of a candidate, or advocate approval or defeat of a public question
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Sec. 17. (a) As used in this section, "government employee" refers to any of the following: (1) An employee of the state. (2) An employee of a political subdivision. (3) A special state appointee (as defined in IC 4-2-6-1 ). (4) An employee of a charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-4 ).       (b) As used in this section, "government employer" refers to the state or a political subdivision.       (c) As used in this section, "property" refers only to the following: (1) Equipment, goods, and materials, including mail and messaging systems. (2) Money.       (d) A government employee may not knowingly or intentionally use the property of the employee's government employer to do any of the following: (1) Solicit a contribution. (2) Advocate the election or defeat of a candidate. (3) Advocate the approval or defeat of a public question.       (e) A government employee may not knowingly or intentionally distribute campaign materials advocating: (1) the election or defeat of a candidate; or (2) the approval or defeat of a public question; on the government employer's real property during regular working hours.       (f) This section does not prohibit the following: (1) Activities permitted under IC 6-1.1-20 . (2) A government employee from carrying out administrative duties under the direction of an elected official who is the government employee's supervisor.       (g) A government employee who knowingly or intentionally performs several actions described in subsection (d) or (e) in a connected series that are closely related in time, place, and circumstance may be charged with only one (1) violation of this section for that connected series of actions.       (h) A government employee who violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this section.   IC 3-14-2 Chapter 2. Vote Fraud               3-14-2-1 Fraudulent application for registration or absentee ballot; fraudulent voting; payment for obtaining signatures for placing public question or candidate on ballot             3-14-2-2 Fraudulent application for registration or procurement of registration             3-14-2-2.5 Solicitation for fraudulent absentee ballot application             3-14-2-3 Fraudulent subscription of another person's name             3-14-2-4 Registering to vote more than once             3-14-2-5 Destruction or failure to file or deliver registration form or absentee ballot application after execution             3-14-2-6 Unauthorized release or removal of registration materials or information             3-14-2-7 Withholding information or furnishing false information to poll taker; return of false names or names of deceased persons             3-14-2-8 Return of names of ineligible, fictitious, or deceased persons by poll taker             3-14-2-9 Unregistered or unauthorized voting             3-14-2-10 Voting by ineligible persons             3-14-2-11 Voting in other precincts; making false statements concerning certain voter information             3-14-2-12 Voting or applying to vote in false name and own name             3-14-2-13 Hiring or soliciting an ineligible person to vote in a precinct             3-14-2-14 Precinct officer or public official allowing ineligible voters or unauthorized procedure             3-14-2-15 Unauthorized delivery of ballots             3-14-2-16 Ballots; fraudulent application, showing, examination, receipt, possession, completion, or delivery             3-14-2-17 Marking ballot to indicate to another person how voter has voted             3-14-2-18 Disclosure of voter's vote to another             3-14-2-19 Forgery of official ballot endorsement; printing or circulating imitation ballot             3-14-2-20 Deceptive registration of vote             3-14-2-21 Fraudulent inducement to vote other than as intended             3-14-2-22 False representation of ballot to non-English speaking voter             3-14-2-23 Opening, destruction, or unauthorized delivery of ballots by custodian of ballots             3-14-2-24 Removal or destruction of ballots; false entries in poll book; false tallying             3-14-2-25 Marking or defacing ballots by precinct election board member or authorized election personnel             3-14-2-26 Tampering with ballot container, voting system component, or contents             3-14-2-27 Fraudulent recording of votes; false statement, certificate, or return of vote             3-14-2-28 Fraudulent alteration of election return; intentional destruction of poll book or tally; fraudulent alteration of vote as returned             3-14-2-29 Inspecting voting system without authorization             3-14-2-30 Voting at more than one town convention held during same election year             3-14-2-31 Voting more than one ballot at the same election; replacement ballot exception

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