Indiana House Bill 1140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Pending: House Elections and Apportionment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Removes a requirement that a voter declare a political party affiliation before voting in a primary election. Requires that a voter privately be able to select the ballot of the party that voter intends to vote in a primary election. Requires that the Indiana election commission approve standards and procedures for voting methods to assure that a voter may select privately the ballot of the political party that the voter intends to vote in a primary election. Repeals provisions concerning voter challenges because of political party affiliation and the handling of party identification cards used with electronic voting systems.

Declaration of party affiliation.

Rep. Dan Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-07		First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2010-01-07		Authored by Representative Stevenson

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1140
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN1140.1.html