IC 3-7-48
    Chapter 48. Determining Registration Status on Election Day

IC 3-7-48-1
Certificate of error; proof of registration; eligibility to castprovisional ballot
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided by NVRA or in thischapter, a person whose name does not appear on the registrationrecord may not vote, unless the circuit court clerk or board ofregistration provides a signed certificate of error in the office wherethe permanent registration record is kept showing that the voter islegally registered in the precinct where the voter resides.
    (b) A person whose name does not appear on the registrationrecord may cast a provisional ballot as provided in IC 3-11.7.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.126-2002,SEC.28.

IC 3-7-48-2
Certificate of error; issuance and execution
    Sec. 2. A certificate of error issued under section 1 of this chapter:
        (1) may be issued at any time after the production of thecertified list under IC 3-7-29;
        (2) shall be executed by the circuit court clerk, or in a countywith a board of registration, by both members of the board; and
        (3) shall be numbered serially in the method prescribed forentry in the computerized list maintained under IC 3-7-26.3.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.81-2005,SEC.29.

IC 3-7-48-3
Certificate of error; delivery
    Sec. 3. One (1) copy of the certificate of error shall be deliveredto the inspector of the precinct of the voter's residence. The inspectorshall return that copy to the circuit court clerk with other electionmaterial at the close of the polls as provided in this title. The othercopy shall be delivered to the county election board and returned tothe circuit court clerk when the polls are closed.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58.

IC 3-7-48-4
Certificate of error; transmittal
    Sec. 4. In a county with a board of registration, the circuit courtclerk or board of registration shall promptly transmit all certificatesof error to the board of registration.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58.

IC 3-7-48-5
Affirmation regarding residency
    Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a voter who:
        (1) formerly resided in a precinct according to the voter

registration record; and
        (2) no longer resides in that precinct according to the voterregistration record.
    (b) As provided under 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6(e)(3), a voterdescribed by subsection (a) may vote in the precinct where the voterformerly resided (according to the voter registration record) if thevoter makes an oral or a written affirmation to a member of theprecinct election board that the voter continues to reside at theaddress shown as the voter's former residence on the voterregistration record.
    (c) A person entitled to make a written affirmation undersubsection (b) may make an oral affirmation. The person must makethe oral affirmation before the poll clerks of the precinct. After theperson makes an oral affirmation under this subsection, the pollclerks shall:
        (1) reduce the substance of the affirmation to writing at anappropriate location on the poll list; and
        (2) initial the affirmation.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58.

IC 3-7-48-6
Removal of incorrect name
    Sec. 6. If a voter casts a ballot under section 5 of this chapter, theinspector of the precinct shall immediately contact the circuit courtclerk or board of registration of the county. The clerk or board shallpromptly contact the precinct election board of any precinct in whichthe voter's name is incorrectly shown on the rolls, and order theprecinct election board to remove the name of the voter from theregistration record of that precinct.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58.

IC 3-7-48-7
Written affirmation of residence in precinct
    Sec. 7. (a) A voter shall be permitted to vote in a precinct uponwritten affirmation of the voter's residence in the precinct if:
        (1) the voter produces a registration receipt indicating that thevoter completed a registration form at a license branch or voterregistration agency under this article on a date within theregistration period;
        (2) the county voter registration office advises the precinctelection board that the office:
            (A) approved the application; or
            (B) has no record of either approving or rejecting theapplication; and
        (3) the voter completes a registration application form andprovides the completed form to the precinct election boardbefore voting.
    (b) A county election board shall provide each precinct electionboard with a sufficient number of the registration forms for thepurposes described in subsection (a). The precinct election board

shall attach the completed registration forms to the poll list forprocessing by the county voter registration office underIC 3-10-1-31.1.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.3-1997,SEC.109; P.L.14-2004, SEC.51; P.L.164-2006, SEC.54.

IC 3-7-48-7.5
Voter making affirmation challenged as ineligible; provisionalballot; sufficiency of affidavit
    Sec. 7.5. If a voter makes an oral or a written affirmation undersection 5 or 7 of this chapter and is then challenged under IC 3-10-1or IC 3-11-8 as ineligible to vote in the precinct, the voter shall beprovided with a provisional ballot under IC 3-11.7 rather than aregular official ballot. The affidavit executed under this chapterserves as a sufficient affidavit for the voter to receive a provisionalballot under IC 3-11.7.
As added by P.L.164-2006, SEC.55.

IC 3-7-48-8
Addition of name and address to poll list; name to countyregistration record
    Sec. 8. (a) The precinct election board shall add the name andaddress of a voter described by section 7 of this chapter to the polllist of the precinct.
    (b) The county voter registration office shall add the name of avoter described by section 7 of this chapter to the registration recordof the county.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.66-2003,SEC.10.

IC 3-7-48-9
Notice after permission to vote given
    Sec. 9. The circuit court clerk or board of registration of a countyin which a voter cast a ballot under section 7 of this chapter shallnotify the NVRA official and the governing body of the voterregistration agency not later than seven (7) days after the election isconducted.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.81.

IC 3-7-48-10
Investigation regarding voting with permission
    Sec. 10. The NVRA official shall investigate the incident reportedby the circuit court clerk or board of registration under section 9 ofthis chapter and determine if:
        (1) the voter had properly registered at the license branch oragency; and
        (2) a violation of NVRA or this article occurred.
As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.2-1996, SEC.82.