HB 1105 - Vote Centers Summary

• Establishes vote centers as an optional voting method available to all Indiana counties, where voters can cast ballots at any polling place in their county regardless of their home precinct.

• Requires county election boards to hold public hearings, accept written comments, and adopt a unanimous order and approved plan to designate their county as a vote center county before implementation.

• Automatically redesignates counties that were previously designated as vote center pilot counties under expired pilot programs as vote center counties effective January 1, 2011.

• Sets minimum vote center requirements based on voter population: counties with 25,000 or more active voters must provide at least one vote center per 10,000 active voters, plus one additional center for any partial 10,000.

• Requires detailed plans addressing vote center locations, electronic poll list specifications, ballot distribution methods, equipment security, accessibility compliance, and procedures to prevent duplicate voting and unauthorized access to voter information.