Bill Text: IN HB1190 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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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

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Reprinted

January 26, 2011

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HOUSE BILL No. 1190

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DIGEST OF HB 190 (Updated January 25, 2011 2:04 pm - DI 75)

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.

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    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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Reprinted

January 26, 2011

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1190

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 3-11-2-12.9; (11)HB1190.2.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 3-11-2-12.9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.58-2005, SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 12.9. (a) School board offices to be elected at the general election shall be placed on the general election ballot after the offices described in section 12 of this chapter under a nonpartisan title.
    (b) School board offices shall be placed in a separate column on the ballot.
    (c) (b) If the ballot contains a candidate for a school board office, the ballot must also contain a statement that reads substantially as follows: "To vote for a candidate for this office, make a voting mark on or in the square to the left of the candidate's name.".

SOURCE: IC 3-11-13-9; (11)HB1190.2.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 3-11-13-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 9. The public officials charged with the duty of providing ballot cards or ballot labels shall also provide sample ballots. The A sample ballots ballot must be:
        (1) exact copies a copy of the official ballot cards or ballot labels;

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        (2) arranged in the form of a diagram showing the front of the marking device as it will appear on at the election; day. and
        (3) altered so marks on the sample ballot cannot be counted as votes.

SOURCE: IC 3-11-15-13.1; (11)HB1190.2.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 3-11-15-13.1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 13.1. (a) If a voting system has the capability, the voting system must display on the medium used by the voter to cast the voter's ballot the following information for name of each candidate.
        (1) The name of the candidate.
    (2) (b) A county election board (or a board of elections and registration established under IC 3-6-5.2 or IC 3-6-5.4) may require a voting system to display on the medium used by the voter to cast the voter's ballot a ballot number or other candidate designation uniquely associated with the candidate.

SOURCE: IC 3-11-11-1.5; (11)HB1190.2.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 3-11-11-1.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011].