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IN HB1359
Bill
Status
Engrossed
1/23/2026
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Wesco
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AI Summary
- Allows certain counties to scan voted optical scan ballot cards during early voting and on election day without requiring voters to use secrecy envelopes, provided the county election board adopts a resolution and the voting system can retract votes if needed
- Reduces the in-person early voting period from 28 days to 16 days, ending at noon the day before election day
- Permits county election boards to begin scanning absentee ballots on the first day of early voting (rather than 7 days before election day), though tabulation remains prohibited until election day
- Requires ballots from voters who leave without completing the voting process to be placed in a separate ballot box from the optical scanner and handled under specific documentation procedures
- Takes effect immediately upon passage as an emergency measure
Legislative Description
Scanning ballots.
Last Action
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2/16/2026
Committee Referrals
Elections1/27/2026
Elections and Apportionment1/8/2026
Full Bill Text
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