# Ind. Code § 3-14-3-4: Obstruction of, interference with, or injury of voter or election worker > Indiana · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-4 ## Section - **Citation:** Ind. Code § 3-14-3-4 - **Heading:** Obstruction of, interference with, or injury of voter or election worker - **Jurisdiction:** Indiana - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 3 / Article 14 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-14-3-4 ## Text Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an offense that occurs at a health facility (as defined in IC 16-18-2-167). (b) For purposes of this section, "election worker" means an individual who serves as: (1) a precinct election officer, including an individual who serves as a precinct election officer at a vote center using a different title under IC 3-6-6-5.5; (2) a member of a county election board; (3) a member of a county board of elections and registration; (4) a member of a board of registration established under IC 3-7-12; (5) a circuit court clerk; (6) an employee of the office of a circuit court clerk; (7) a member of a town election board; (8) an individual who serves under IC 3-6-6-39; (9) a challenger or pollbook holder under IC 3-6-7; (10) a watcher under IC 3-6-8, IC 3-6-9, or IC 3-6-10; or (11) an individual appointed under IC 3-11.5-4: (A) to an absentee voter board; (B) as an absentee ballot counter; or (C) as a courier. (c) A person who, with the intent to obstruct or interfere with an election worker or a voter in the chute, knowingly or intentionally: (1) obstructs or interferes with: (A) an election worker in the discharge of the election worker's duty; or (B) a voter within the chute; and (2) engages in the obstruction or interference on: (A) election day; or (B) a day on which voting is permitted to occur before an absentee voter board; commits a Level 6 felony. (d) A person who knowingly or intentionally injures an election worker or a voter: (1) in the exercise of the election worker's or voter's rights or duties; or (2) because the election worker or voter has exercised the election worker's or voter's rights or duties; commits a Level 6 felony. (e) A person called as a witness to testify against another for a violation of this section is a competent witness to prove the offense even though the person may have been a party to the violation. The person shall be compelled to testify as other witnesses. However, the person's evidence may not be used against the person in a prosecution growing out of matters about which the person testifies, and the person is not liable to indictment or information for the offense. As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.103-2005, SEC.33; P.L.158-2013, SEC.31; P.L.110-2024, SEC.1. ## Nearby sections - [Ind. Code § 3-14-3-0.1 Effect of legislation enacted during 2015 regular session of the general assembly](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-0.1.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-14-3-1 Repealed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-1.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-14-3-1.1 Procuring or submission of false, fictitious, or fraudulent registration application; procuring, casting, or tabulating false, fictitious, or fraudulent ballot](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-1.1.md) - [Ind. 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Code § 3-14-3-8 Damaging, disarranging, or tampering with voting system](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-8.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-14-3-9 Failure to receive vote of legal voter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-9.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-14-3-10 Removal, defacing, or destruction of supplies or instruction cards from voting booth; removal or destruction of voting booth](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-10.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-14-3-11 Tampering with marking device, ballot, or record or equipment; interference with operation or secrecy of voting](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-11.md) - [Ind. Code § 3-14-3-12 Leaving poll with ballot or ballot marking device](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-12.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T3_A14_C3_S3-14-3-4. 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