§ Ind. Code § 3-11-8-3County executive secures voting polls; accessible facility; inapplicability to vote center counties

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(a) This section does not apply to a county using vote centers under IC 3-11-18.1.
(b) Before each election each county executive shall secure for each precinct of the county
an accessible facility in which to hold the election.
(c) Unless the county election board adopts an order under IC 3-11-8-4.3, if an accessible
facility is not available within the precinct, then the polls may be located in another precinct
in the county if the polls are:
(1) either:
(A) not more than five (5) miles from the closest boundary of the precinct for which
it is the polls; or
(B) located in the same township as the precinct that does not have an accessible
facility available; and
(2) located in an accessible facility.
(d) If the county election board, by a unanimous vote of its entire membership, determines
that an accessible facility is not available under subsection (c), the board may locate the polls
in the most convenient available accessible facility in the county.
(e) If the county election board, by unanimous vote of its entire membership, determines
that:
(1) an accessible facility is not available under subsection (c) or (d); and
(2) the most convenient accessible facility is located in an adjoining county;
the board may locate the polls in the facility described in subdivision (2) with the unanimous
consent of the entire membership of the county election board of the county in which the
facility is located.

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