(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 ith 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. 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.
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