Bill Text: IN SB0250 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Petition carriers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 186 [SB0250 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0250-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-6; noncode.
Synopsis: Petition carriers. Requires an individual who circulates a
petition that is required to place a candidate or a public question on the
ballot to provide on each signature page of the petition: (1) the
individual's identification information; and (2) a signed affirmation,
under penalties of perjury, that the individual has no reason to believe
that any signer on the page is ineligible to sign the petition or did not
properly complete and sign the page. Provides that a signature page
that does not comply with these requirements must be received for
filing and retained as other election materials are retained. Provides
that a county voter registration office (office) does not determine the
validity of the signatures on a signature page. Requires the office to
notify the petition carrier, if the office determines that a signature page
submitted by the petition carrier does not comply with this chapter, and
to allow additions and corrections to the signature page until the final
date and hour for filing the petition. Permits a challenge to the
placement on the ballot of a candidate or public question that files
signature pages that do not meet these requirements. Requires the
census data advisory committee to study the issue of electioneering at
the polls and other places where voting occurs and to make any
recommendations for appropriate legislation.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ BURTON, SMITH M)
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
January 17, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 22, 2013, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
January 23, 2013, engrossed.
January 24, 2013, read third time, passed. Yeas 46, nays 0.
February 26, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment.
March 14, 2013, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
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Chapter 12. Carriers of Petitions for Candidates and Public Questions
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a petition that is required to place a candidate or a public question on the ballot.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "petition carrier" refers to an individual who circulates a petition that is required to place a candidate or a public question on the ballot.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "petition statute" refers to the statute that requires the signatures of petitioners to place a candidate or a public question on the ballot.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "signature page" refers to a page of a petition on which petitioners sign their names and provide other information required by the petition statute.
Sec. 5. If there is a conflict between this chapter and a specific
applicable provision of the petition statute, the provision of the
petition statute governs.
Sec. 6. A petition carrier must satisfy all other qualifications or
requirements required by the petition statute in addition to the
qualifications and requirements of this chapter.
Sec. 7. (a) The petition carrier must sign and date the following
statement at the bottom of each signature page: "I affirm under
the penalties for perjury that I have no reason to believe that any
individual whose signature appears on this page is ineligible to sign
this petition or did not properly complete and sign this page.".
(b) The petition carrier must also print the following
information below the affirmation stated in subsection (a):
(1) The petition carrier's name.
(2) The petition carrier's full address, including the ZIP code.
(3) The petition carrier's date of birth.
Sec. 8. A signature page:
(1) that does not satisfy section 7 of this chapter; or
(2) that is signed by a petition carrier who does not comply
with this chapter or the petition statute;
must be received for filing, if the signature page otherwise complies
with IC 3-5-4, and must be retained as required under
IC 3-10-1-31.1. However, subject to section 9 of this chapter, a
county voter registration office shall not make a determination
regarding the validity of the signatures on the signature page.
Sec. 9. (a) If a county voter registration office determines that
a signature page does not comply with this chapter, the county
voter registration office shall give the best possible notice of its
determination to the petition carrier who submitted the signature
page to allow for the correction of the signature page as provided
by subsection (b).
(b) If the final date and hour for filing a petition with the county
voter registration office has not passed, a petition carrier may add
or correct information set forth on a signature page:
(1) circulated by the petition carrier; and
(2) previously filed with the county voter registration office.
A petition carrier may not make any additions or corrections to a
signature page after the final date and hour for filing a petition has
passed.
or the election division as provided by law.
(b) During the 2013 legislative interim, the committee shall do the following:
(1) Study electioneering at the polls, vote centers, the office of the circuit court clerk, and satellite offices.
(2) Make any recommendations for legislation as the committee considers appropriate.
(c) This SECTION expires January 1, 2014.
