Bill Text: IN HB1190 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Ballots and voting systems.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-16 - Effective 07/01/2011 [HB1190 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1190-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-11.
Synopsis: Ballots and voting systems. Provides that school board
offices must be placed on the ballot under a nonpartisan title. (Under
current law, school board offices must be placed under a separate
column on the ballot.) Removes the requirement that a sample ballot
must be an exact copy of the official ballot and requires a sample ballot
to be altered so that marks on the sample ballot cannot be counted as
votes. Provides that a county election board may require its voting
system to display a ballot number or other designation that uniquely
identifies the candidates. (Under current law, voting systems are
required to display such a unique number or designation.) Repeals an
obsolete statute relating to voting machines.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 10, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and
Apportionment.
January 20, 2011, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
January 25, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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(2) arranged in the form of a diagram showing the front of the marking device as it will appear
(3) altered so marks on the sample ballot cannot be counted as votes.