Ballot Layout in 2018 Primary Ballots Primary Ballot Basic Content Local candidate declarations check to make sure no omitted names or races and names are spelled correctly Indiana Election Division IED primary ballot ID: 773445
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Ballot Layout in 2018
Primary Ballots
Primary Ballot: Basic Content Local candidate declarations (check to make sure no omitted names or races and names are spelled correctly) Indiana Election Division (IED) primary ballot certification*Note: Secretary of State, Auditor of State and Treasurer of State candidates are nominated at state conventions** Three rules of avoiding basic content problems- proof, proof & proof! * IC 3-8-2-17 | **IC 3-8-4-2
Primary Ballot: Basic Content Uncontested Candidates In general, unopposed candidates are placed on the primary ballot CEB is not required to put uncontested state convention delegates or precinct committeemen on primary ballot unless CEB member affiliated with that party filed written request with clerk by NOON Friday, February 16, 2018* *IC 3-10-1-5(c) and (d)
Primary Ballot: Format D & R ballot optical scan must be different color or distinctively marked (with D or R, for example)* Top of the ballot Underlined text at extreme top of ballot: It is a crime to falsify this ballot or to violate Indiana election laws. ** Heading: OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT (insert party name) Party*** * IC 3-10-1-13(b) | **IC 3-11-2-7 | ***IC 3-10-1-19(b)
General Instructions Instructions at top of ballotHow to make a voting mark on ballot card (may include references to darkening oval next to candidate name or connecting an arrow)* *IC 3-10-1-19(c)
General Instructions Instructions at top of ballot (continued) How to make a voting mark on DRE: “To vote for a person, touch the screen in the location indicated.”* *IC 3-10-1-19(c) | **IC 3-10-1-11 | **IC 3-11-2-8(b) | **IC 3-11-14-3.5(l) DRE instructions on how to make a voting mark may be posted in the voting booth rather than on the ballot**
Ballot Order: Public Questions Local public questions listed after heading and any general instructions and before offices*Form: "Shall (insert public question)?“ plus any other language required for that public question*DRE option of listing on separate screen after heading any general instruction but separate screen is not required* *IC 3-10-1-19(d) and (e)
Ballot Order: Public Questions *IC 3-10-1-19(d) and (e)
Ballot Order: Candidates This list in state law* Federal United States Senator United States Representative Legislative State Senator State Representative See statute for list of the order of all other offices, including party offices IC 3-10-1-19(g)
Primary Ballot: Additional Instructions At the head of each group of candidates, a statement reading substantially as follows below the name of the office and above of first candidate: “Vote for not more than (insert the number of candidates to be nominated) candidates for this office ”* * IC 3-10-1-14.1 | *IC 3-11-13-11(f) | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(f) | **IC 3-10-1-18 Candidates listed in alpha order by surname**
Primary Ballot Miscellaneous Clerk Seal and Signature / Ballot InitialingOptical scan ballot card: Election Day: No clerk signature or seal required but there must be place for poll clerk’s initials* Vote center county using ballot on demand printer MAY print ballots with poll clerks initials as captured by the ePollbook for election day voting Absentee: Clerk’s seal and signature and the bi-partisan initials of ABS board or appointed CEB members or designees** Vote center county using ballot on demand printer for in-person voting May print absentee ballots with initials of appointed CEB members or CEB designees captured by ePollbook*** * IC 3-11-13-19 | **IC 3-11-4-19 and IC 3-11-10-27 | ***IC 3-11-10-27(e)
Primary Ballot Miscellaneous Clerk Seal and Signature / Ballot Initialing (continued) DRE: no seal, signature or initial requirements for election day or absentee ballots Provisional ballots Clerk’s seal and signature (or signature of clerk’s designee )* Poll clerks must initial a provisional ballot** *IC 3-11.7-1-7 | **IC 3-11.7-5-5
Primary Ballot MiscellaneousClerk Seal and Signature/ Initials (continued) When circuit court clerk is on the ballot Uniform device approved by the commission is substituted for any clerk's printed seal or signature to authenticate a ballot* Uniform device on SVRS → County Portal→ IED Postings → Your County→ Clerks Seal * IC 3-5-4-9
Ballot MiscellaneousBallot “variation codes” used to identify precincts or splits to allow poll worker to provide voter with correct ballot in the precinct* Unique designation is a county option (5C John) Smith**Uniformity: Ballot, party device, office name, and candidate name (capital letters)*** *IC 3-11-2-10(g) | *IC 3-11-13-11(b) | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(b) | **IC 3-11-15-13.1 | *** IC 3-11-13-11 | *** IC 3-11-14-3.5
Primary Ballot Variations If you have a Public Question then you will need: A public question only ballot for voters who do not want to vote a primary ballot 17-year old ballot without the public question for 17-year olds who will be 18 on or before the general election* Federal Only Ballot with US Senate and US House for voters who indicate on FPCA “return is uncertain”**: * IC 3-7-13-3 | IC 3-11-4-8
General Election Ballots
General Election Ballot: Basic ContentIED Certification August 24, 2018 (noon)Federal, Statewide, State Legislative, Local Judges, Prosecutors, Statewide Public Question, Judicial Retention questions, Party Devices (Symbols) Local Candidate Information from local candidate filings IED certification reflects candidate withdraws and new candidates after the primary. In addition, challenges may be heard after certification, so there is a possibility that IED will amend certification.
General Election Ballot InstructionsGeneral Statements and Instructions Criminal penalty statement (extreme top): “ It is a crime to falsify this ballot or to violate Indiana election laws.”General instructions on marking ballot * Write-In instructions * Straight party vote instructions ** *IC 3-11-2-8 | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(l) | ** IC 3-11-14-3.5(l) | **IC 3-11-13-11(l) (**): For DREs and ballot cards instruction may be printed on the ballot or placed inside the voting booth (*): For DREs instruction may be printed at the top of the ballot OR printed and hung inside each voting booth
General Election Ballot InstructionsGeneral Statements and Instructions (continued)Don’t forget that new in 2016 Straight Party instructions includes reference to at-large races*: *IC 3-11-2-10(c) | IC 3-11-13-11(l) | IC 3-11-14-3.5(m)
General Election Ballot InstructionsGeneral Statements and Instructions (continued)Write-in names are not printed on the ballot* Write-in Space and Instruction: Must have write-in space for federal office even if no federal candidates were certified to you by IED** Write-in space for state and local candidates is not required unless there is a declared write-in candidate for that office** * IC 3-11-13-11-11(g)(7) | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(g)(7) | **IC 3-11-13-18(d) | **IC 3-11-14-3.5(g)(6)
Ballot OrderPublic Questions listed first after ballot title and any general instructions at top and before offices Order of Public Questions* State constitutional amendment (if any) There WILL be a constitutional amendment public question about the state budget for the November 2018 election 2. Local public questions Order of local public questions based on file date and time, if more than one local question is filed in a jurisdiction *IC 3-11-2-10(a ) | *IC 3-11-13-11(m) | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(n)
Ballot Order
Ballot Order Straight party voting after Public Questions Name of political party and deviceOptions for placement of straight party instructions*: At top of the ballot Above the party devices and names (additional option of placing beside the party devices for optical scan ballot cards) Printed and hung inside the voting booth IC 3-11-2-10(c) | *IC 3-11-13-11(l) (optical scan)| *IC 3-11-14-3.5(m ) (DRE)
Ballot OrderParty Order- straight party devices and names and candidates below each office heading are listed in the following order*: Democrat OR Republican party/candidate whichever party’s candidate received the highest vote in the 2014 Secretary of State’s race in the countyDemocrat OR Republican party/candidate whichever party’s candidate received the second highest vote in the 2014 Secretary of State’s race in the countyLibertarian party/candidate Minor party petition candidate(s) who file CAN-19 and CAN-20 in order of petition filing *IC 3-11-2-6 | *IC 3-11-13-11(g) | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(g)
Ballot Order Listing of offices after straight party section Offices are listed in the order set forth in statute*If candidates are to be elected to an office that contains more than one district, list districts in alphabetical or numerical order according to designation given to district** *IC 3-11-2-12 | *IC 3-11-13-11(e )* | IC 3-11-14-3.5(e ) | ** IC 3-11-2-12.2 | **IC 3-11-13-11(e) |** IC 3-11-14-3.5(e)
Ballot OrderAt-Large offices placed after all other candidates for offices in partisan races but before school board offices* Township Board in some counties in 2018 Town Council at-large in some counties in 2018School Board after partisan at-large (each candidate for the office being designated “nonpartisan”)** School Bd. districts seats listed before at-large *IC 3-11-2-12.4 | *IC 3-11-13-11(e ) | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(e ) | **IC 3-12-3-12.2 | **IC 3-12-2-12.9 IC 3-11-13-11(e) | IC 3-11-14-3.5(e)
Ballot OrderAfter School Board…Retention of Supreme Court JusticesRetention of Judge of the Court of Appeals In order by district number designationIf multiple judges from same district, then by alphabetical order by surnameRetention of Judge of Tax Court Retention of local Judge (Marion, Lake & St. Joseph Co.) Local nonpartisan judicial offices (Allen & Vanderburgh (Co.) IC 3-11-2-12.9 | IC 3-11-2-13 | IC 3-11-2-14 | IC 3-11-13-11(e) | IC 3-11-14-3.5(e)
Ballot Orderis Candidate order under each office within each party for partisan races:If there are multiple candidates from same party then list names in alphabetical order by surnameCandidate order for school board races Multiple candidate for a district or at-large race then list candidates in alphabetical order by surname IC 3-11-2-12.7| IC 3-11-2-12.9 | IC 3-11-13-11(e) | IC 3-11-14-3.5(e)
Office Specific Instructions Place instructions between office title and first candidateWhere only one candidate can be elected: “Vote for one (1) only”Vote for more than one (At-Large) offices: ”Vote for not more than (insert the number of candidates to be elected) candidate(s) for this office. To vote for any candidate for this office, you must make a voting mark for each candidate you wish to vote for. A straight party vote will not count as a vote for any candidate for this office.” IC 3-11-2-12.4 | IC 3-11-2-12.7 | IC 3-11-13-11(f) | IC 3-11-14-3.5(f)
Office Specific Instructions
Ballot MiscellaneousClerk Seal and Signature / Ballot Initialing (see primary slides )Ballot “variation codes” used to identify precincts or splits to allow poll worker to provide voter with correct ballot in the precinct*Unique designation is a county option ( 5C John Smith)** Uniformity: Ballot, party device, office name, and candidate name (capital letters)*** *IC 3-11-2-10(g) | *IC 3-11-13-11(b) | *IC 3-11-14-3.5(b) | **IC 3-11-15-13.1 | *** IC 3-11-13-11 | *** IC 3-11-14-3.5
Ballot VariationsBallot Variations Federal Only Ballot with US Senate and US House for voters who indicate on their FPCA “return is uncertain”**: IC 3-11.7-1-3 | IC 3-11-4-8 | IC 3-10-10
Ballot Errors What you can do if a ballot printing error occurs (misspell name, omit name, instruction error) Reprint OR Conduct Hearing with notice to interested political parties and candidates*If CEB finds that error not likely to cause confusion or mistakes and no objection is filed before end of hearing and then CEB may vote to use ballot If written objection filed before end of hearing then CEB must reprint or correct If absentee ballots already distributed, voter can use the ABS-5 procedure to apply for corrected ballot** * IC 3-11-2-16 | ** IC 3-11-3-17.7 | **IC 3-11-10-1.5
Ballot Errors Ballot Distribution Errors During Absentee: Spoil and replace if in-person or use the ABS-5 procedure and provide voter correct absentee ballot* On election day: Spoil ballot and provide voter new ballot** * IC 3-11-4-17.7 | * IC 3-11-10-1.5 | **IC 3-11-13-35 | **IC 3-11-14-23(d ) |** IC 3-11-8-25.5)
Ballot Layout in 2018