§ Ind. Code § 3-5-4-8Approval and use of forms; exceptions

(a) This section does not apply to a form incorporated only into the statewide voter
registration system under IC 3-7-26.3-3 by the secretary of state, with the consent of the
codirectors of the election division.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (f), but notwithstanding any other statute, whenever
the election division acts under IC 3-6-4.2-12 to approve a uniform election or registration
form for use throughout Indiana or to approve a revision to an existing form, a person must
use the most recent version of the form approved by the election division to comply with this
title after the effective date of the election division's order approving the form.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e) or (g), before an order approving a form takes
effect under this section, the election division shall transmit a copy of each form or revised
form approved by the order to the following:
(1) Each circuit court clerk, if the election division determines that the form is primarily
used by a candidate, a county election board member, a county or town political party,
or for absentee or provisional ballot purposes.
(2) Each county voter registration office, if the election division determines that the
form is primarily used in voter registration.
(3) The state chairman of each major political party.
(4) The state chairman of any other political party who has filed a written request with
the election division during the preceding twelve (12) months to be furnished with
copies of forms.
(d) The election division, an election board, a circuit court clerk, a county voter
registration office, or any other official responsible for receiving a filing under this title shall
reject a filing that does not comply with this section.
(e) The election division shall specify the effective date of the form or revised form and
may do any of the following:
(1) Delay the effective date of the approval of a form or revised form.
(2) Permit an earlier approved version of the form or an alternative form to be used
before the effective date of the form.
(3) Provide for a retroactive effective date for the approval of the form.
(f) The election division may allow an earlier approved version of the form to be used if
the:
(1) earlier version of the form complies with all other requirements imposed under
federal law or this title; and
(2) election division determines that the existing stock of the form should be exhausted
to prevent waste and unnecessary expense.
(g) This subsection applies to a form that the election division determines is used
primarily by the election division. The election division may provide that an order concerning
a form described by this subsection is effective immediately upon adoption, without any
requirement to distribute the form to other persons.
(h) A form approved by the commission under this section before July 1, 2015, is
considered to be approved by the election division without any further action by the election
division being required.