§ Ind. Code § 3-11.5-4-13.6Absentee ballot signature comparison; missing signature; procedure; affidavit of unsigned ballot

(a) This section applies to an absentee ballot where there is a finding that the
voter's signature on the absentee ballot security envelope affidavit is missing and therefore
does not correspond to the signature on the voter's absentee ballot application or electronic
poll book.
(b) Section 13.5(c), 13.5(d), 13.5(e), and 13.5(g) of this chapter apply to this section.
(c) The county election board or board of elections and registration shall not reject an
absentee ballot with a missing security envelope signature if any of the following conditions
are satisfied and the county election board or board of elections and registration determines
that the unsigned absentee ballot affidavit is truthful and otherwise in compliance with this
section:
(1) The voter delivers:
(A) in person;
(B) by mail;
(C) by facsimile; or
(D) by electronic mail;
an affidavit of unsigned ballot that is signed by the voter, and the county election board
or board of elections and registration receives the affidavit not later than noon eight (8)
days after election day.
(2) Before the close of the polls on election day, the voter completes and files an
affidavit of unsigned ballot with the inspector or other chief election official of the
precinct or vote center within the county. The inspector or vote center official shall
forward the affidavit of unsigned ballot to the county election board or board of
elections and registration with the other materials from the precinct.
(3) The voter delivers an affidavit of unsigned ballot that is signed by the voter to an
absentee voter board at a circuit court clerk's office or satellite location during the
period of early voting described in IC 3-11-10-26.
(d) Upon receipt of the affidavit of unsigned ballot, the county election board or county
board of elections and registration shall open the provisional ballot envelope to access the
voter's absentee ballot security envelope to:
(1) compare the signature on the affidavit of unsigned ballot with the most recent
signature on the voter's registration record in the statewide voter registration system,
or the signature on the absentee ballot application; or
(2) if the ballot is for a military or overseas voter who transmitted the ballot by
facsimile or electronic mail, compare the affidavit found under IC 3-11-4-6(h) and, if
applicable, the signature found in the voter's registration record or the signature on the
absentee ballot application.
(e) If, upon conducting the comparison of the signatures, the board determines that the
signatures match and there are no other challenges that have been made to the ballot, the
board shall open the absentee ballot security envelope and add the votes cast on the ballot
to the tally for the voter's precinct.
(f) If, upon conducting the comparison of the signatures, the board determines that the
signatures are mismatched, the voter's absentee ballot security envelope shall not be opened