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IN SB0417
Bill
AI Summary
SEA 417 Summary
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Amends Indiana Code regarding absentee ballot voting procedures, effective July 1, 2017.
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Allows county election boards using electronic poll books and electronic voting systems to comply with ballot verification requirements by either requiring voters to sign an affidavit with a unique identifier or establishing a procedure to produce a document, label, or electronic record with a unique identifier.
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Requires county election boards to file a copy of any prescribed affidavit or description of the procedure with the election division to assist the state recount commission.
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Modifies voter requirements for absentee voting to specify different procedures based on whether counties use electronic poll books and electronic versus optical scan voting systems.
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Maintains provisions that voters unable or declining to present proof of identification may cast an absentee ballot treated as a provisional ballot.
Legislative Description
Early absentee in-person voting. Provides that, whenever a county that uses electronic poll books offers early absentee in-person voting on an electronic voting system, the county may comply with the requirement that there is a procedure to ensure that an invalid ballot is not counted by: (1) requiring each voter to make and subscribe to an affidavit that includes a unique identifier; or (2) establishing a procedure to produce a document, label, or electronic record that is associated with each voter and includes a unique identifier. Requires a county to file with the election division a copy of the affidavit
Last Action
Public Law 71
4/13/2017