§ Ind. Code § 3-11.5-4-15Challenge of absentee ballot at polls; procedure

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the vote of an absentee voter may be
challenged at the polls for the reason that the absentee voter is not a legal voter of the
precinct where the ballot is being cast.
(b) Before the inspector prepares to mark the poll list to indicate that an absentee ballot
cast by the voter has been received by the county election board according to a certificate
delivered to the polls under section 1 or section 8 of this chapter, the inspector shall notify
the challengers and the pollbook holders that the inspector is about to mark the poll list under
this section. The inspector shall provide the challengers and pollbook holders with the name
and address of each voter listed in the certificate so that the voter may be challenged under
this article.
(c) This section applies to a county that:
(1) has adopted an order to use an electronic poll list under IC 3-7-29-6(a)(1); or
(2) is a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1.
The vote of an absentee ballot may be challenged for the reason that the absentee voter is not
a legal voter of the precinct for which the absentee ballot was issued. Before the absentee
ballot counters process an absentee ballot, the absentee ballot counters shall notify the county
election board. A county election board member, or a representative designated by a county
election board member, may challenge the absentee ballot under section 16 of this chapter.
(d) The challenge under this section must be determined using the procedures for counting
a provisional ballot under IC 3-11.7.

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