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IN SB0107
Bill
AI Summary
SB 107 Summary
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Allows voters to cast a straight party ticket vote that automatically applies to all party candidates on the ballot, including at-large offices (county council, city common council, town council, and township board).
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Repeals the 2016 requirement that voters individually mark votes for candidates in at-large positions, returning straight ticket voting to its pre-2016 form.
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Modifies ballot instructions and voting system requirements to accommodate straight ticket voting for at-large offices in general and municipal elections.
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Effective July 1, 2017, amending Indiana Code sections 3-11 and 3-12-1 relating to elections and ballot procedures.
Legislative Description
Straight ticket voting. Provides that when a voter casts a straight party ticket in a general or municipal election, the voter is casting a ballot for all candidates of that party whose names appear on the ballot, including candidates for offices in a county or municipality for which more than one individual can be elected (county council member at large; city common council member at large; town council member at large; township board member at large). (Returns the law relating to straight party ticket voting to the substantive form it had before 2016.) Repeals a statute that requires votes for
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
1/4/2017