§ Ind. Code § 3-10-1-19Form of ballot and public questions; order of offices and public questions on ballot

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(a) The ballot for a primary election shall be printed in substantially the form
described in this section for all the offices for which candidates have qualified under IC 3-8.
(b) The following shall be printed as the heading for the ballot for a political party:
"OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT
_________________ Party (insert the name of the political party)".
(c) The following shall be printed immediately below the heading required by subsection
(b) or be posted in each voting booth as provided in IC 3-11-2-8(b):
(1) For paper ballots, print: To vote for a person, make a voting mark (X or U) on or
in the box before the person's name in the proper column.
(2) For optical scan ballots, print: To vote for a person, darken or shade in the circle,
oval, or square (or draw a line to connect the arrow) that precedes the person's name
in the proper column.
(3) For optical scan ballots that do not contain a candidate's name, print: To vote for
a person, darken or shade in the oval that precedes the number assigned to the person's
name in the proper column.
(4) For electronic voting systems, print: To vote for a person, touch the screen (or press
the button) in the location indicated.
(d) Local public questions shall be placed on the primary election ballot after the heading
and the voting instructions described in subsection (c) (if the instructions are printed on the
ballot) and before the offices described in subsection (g).
(e) The local public questions described in subsection (d) shall be placed as follows:
(1) In a separate column on the ballot if voting is by paper ballot.
(2) After the heading and the voting instructions described in subsection (c) (if the

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