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IN HB1112
Bill
Status
1/5/2017
Primary Sponsor
Sheila Klinker
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AI Summary
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Allows county election boards to authorize absentee ballot voting on election day for voters hospitalized, confined to health care facilities, or injured after the absentee ballot application deadline, if the board unanimously finds both conditions are met and the confinement would prevent in-person voting.
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Permits the Indiana Election Commission to authorize emergency absentee voting on election day for circumstances other than hospitalization or injury, by unanimous vote.
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Enables absentee voter boards to visit voters on election day to collect ballots if county election boards or the commission make required findings, in addition to their existing authority to visit during the 19 days before election day.
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Requires absentee ballots cast under these provisions to comply with federal law (52 U.S.C. 21081) regarding private verification, ballot correction opportunities, and notification about casting multiple votes.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Absentee voting. Provides that a voter who has been hospitalized, has been confined to a health care facility, or suffered an injury after the final day for applying for an absentee ballot may cast an absentee ballot on election day before an absentee voter board if the county election board or the Indiana election commission makes certain findings.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/5/2017