IN SB0081 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-07 - Senator Houchin added as second author
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-07 - Senator Houchin added as second author
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Straight ticket voting for at-large candidates. 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 candidates for such offices must be cast for each individual candidate.
Title
Straight ticket voting for at-large candidates.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-07 | Senate | Senator Houchin added as second author |
| 2020-01-06 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Elections |
| 2020-01-06 | Senate | Authored by Senator Messmer |
Indiana State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/81/details |
| Text | http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/7/1/7/67171621/SB0081.01.INTR.pdf |
