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IN HB1314

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2011

Primary Sponsor

Vernon Smith

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes vote centers as an option for all Indiana counties, allowing voters to cast ballots at any vote center in their county regardless of their home precinct

  • Requires county election boards to hold public hearings, accept written comments, and adopt a plan by unanimous vote before designating a county as a vote center county

  • Mandates counties with 25,000+ active voters provide at least one vote center per 10,000 active voters, plus additional centers for any remaining fraction

  • Sets technical requirements for electronic poll lists, including bipartisan coordination to record votes, prohibition on connection to voting systems, and real-time data sharing between all vote centers

  • Automatically redesignates counties previously designated as vote center pilot counties under expired law as vote center counties, effective retroactively to December 31, 2010

Legislative Description

Vote centers.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment

1/13/2011

Full Bill Text

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