§ Ind. Code § 3-11.7-3-2Qualifications for provisional ballot counters

An otherwise qualified person is eligible to serve as a counter unless the person:
(1) is unable to read, write, and speak the English language;
(2) has any property bet or wagered on the result of the election;
(3) is a candidate to be voted for at the election in any part of the county, except as an
unopposed candidate for precinct committeeman or state convention delegate; or
(4) is the spouse, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, child, son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law,
uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of a candidate or declared write-in candidate to be voted
for at the election in any part of the county, except as an unopposed candidate. This
subdivision disqualifies a person whose relationship to the candidate is the result of
birth, marriage, or adoption.