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IN HB1196
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Carey Hamilton
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AI Summary
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Amends IC 3-11-10-26.3 to change the voting requirement for county election board resolutions establishing satellite early voting offices from unanimous to majority vote of the board's entire membership.
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County election boards may authorize circuit court clerks to establish satellite offices where voters can cast absentee ballots before an absentee voter board.
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Resolutions must specify the locations of satellite offices and the hours absentee voting may occur, and may include other provisions the board deems useful.
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Satellite offices must comply with polling place accessibility requirements and follow substantially the same procedures as absentee voting in the circuit court clerk's office.
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Resolutions adopted for primary elections must use the same satellite office locations and hours for subsequent general or municipal elections; resolutions expire January 1 of the year following adoption.
Legislative Description
Satellite offices. Allows a county election board to adopt a resolution by the majority vote of the board's entire membership in order to establish satellite locations for early voting. (Currently, a resolution to establish satellite voting locations must be adopted unanimously by the board.)
Last Action
Representative Hatfield added as coauthor
1/12/2017