# Ind. Code § 3-11-4-4: Manner of making application; furnished forms; fax and electronic mail applications > Indiana · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A11_C4_S3-11-4-4 ## Section - **Citation:** Ind. Code § 3-11-4-4 - **Heading:** Manner of making application; furnished forms; fax and electronic mail applications - **Jurisdiction:** Indiana - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 3 / Article 11 / Chapter 4 / Section 3-11-4-4 ## Text Sec. 4. (a) Applications may be made on application forms approved by the election division by any of the following means: (1) In person. (2) By fax transmission. (3) By mail (including United States mail or bonded courier). (4) By electronic mail with a digital image of the application and signature of the applicant. (b) Application forms shall: (1) be furnished to a central committee of the county at the request of the central committee; (2) be: (A) mailed; (B) transmitted by fax; or (C) transmitted by electronic mail with a digital image of the application; upon request, to a voter; and (3) be delivered to a voter in person who applies at the circuit court clerk's office. (c) A county election board shall accept an application for an absentee ballot transmitted by fax even though the application is delivered to the county election board by a person other than the person submitting the application. (d) When an application is received under subsection (a)(4), the circuit court clerk's office (or, in a county for which a board of elections and registration is established, the office of the board of elections and registration) shall send an electronic mail receipt acknowledging receipt of the voter's application. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-22-3 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.225; P.L.5-1989, SEC.51; P.L.10-1989, SEC.6; P.L.8-1992, SEC.18; P.L.3-1993, SEC.125; P.L.2-1996, SEC.141; P.L.126-2002, SEC.50; P.L.120-2009, SEC.6; P.L.66-2010, SEC.11; P.L.219-2013, SEC.34; P.L.216-2015, SEC.20; P.L.169-2015, SEC.98; P.L.170-2019, SEC.10. ## Nearby sections - [Ind. Code § 3-11-4-0.5 When an absentee ballot is considered sent to a voter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A11_C4_S3-11-4-0.5.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-11-4-1 Entitlement to vote by absentee ballot in clerk's office or satellite office; conditions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A11_C4_S3-11-4-1.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-11-4-1.5 Application of chapter to certain voters](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A11_C4_S3-11-4-1.5.md) - [Ind. 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