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January 26, 2011
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.
Richardson
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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First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1190
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;
and
(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].