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IN HB1321
Bill
Status
1/12/2017
Primary Sponsor
Charlie Brown
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AI Summary
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Requires each county election board to include information about justices and judges subject to judicial retention elections in its general election notice, including their names, resource links, and a reminder to vote in retention elections.
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Mandates county election boards with Internet websites to publish links to judicial retention resources on their websites.
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Adds the judge of the tax court to judicial retention election requirements (IC 3-10-2-8), ensuring consistency with other judicial retention statutes.
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Requires Lake County and St. Joseph County election boards to post links to judicial retention resources for superior court judges on their websites and remind voters to vote in local and statewide judicial retention elections.
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Effective date: July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Judge retention votes. Provides that each county election board shall include information related to justices and judges subject to a judicial retention election in its notice of a general election along with a reminder to voters to vote in judicial retention elections. Provides that if a county election board has an Internet web site, it shall publish links to the information on its Internet web site. Makes a technical correction by adding the judge of the tax court to a judicial retention statute. (Under current law, other judicial retention statutes include the judge of the tax court.) Requires Lake County
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/12/2017