Bill Text: IN SB0388 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Indiana Senate Bill 388 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Election matters.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 252 [SB0388 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0388-Enrolled.html

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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 388

AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.

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

    SECTION 1. IC 3-11-8-11.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 11.3. (a) This section applies to a voter casting an absentee ballot at:
        (1) a location of the office of the circuit court clerk designated by the circuit court clerk under IC 3-11-10-26(a)(1);
        (2) the office of the board of elections and registration under IC 3-11-10-26(b)(1); or
        (3) a satellite office established under IC 3-11-10-26.3.
    (b) When the hour for closing the location or office, or the deadline for voting established by IC 3-11-10-26, occurs, a voter who is:
        (1) in the act of voting; or
        (2) in line to vote, as determined in subsection (c);
shall be permitted to vote, unless otherwise prevented according to law.
    (c) At the time described in subsection (b), an individual designated by the circuit court clerk shall:
        (1) determine the end of the line of voters who are waiting to vote at the time described in subsection (b); and
        (2) use one (1) of the following methods to identify the voters in the line who may vote unless otherwise prevented according to law:
            (A) Write down the name of each voter.
            (B) Stamp each voter's hand.
            (C) Stand, or designate another individual to stand, immediately behind the last voter who may vote.
    SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013] (a) As used in this SECTION, "committee" refers to the census data advisory committee established by IC 2-5-19-2.
    (b) The general assembly urges the legislative council to assign to the committee, during the 2013 legislative interim, the study of the election day voting process, including ways to ensure that every voter in line at the hour for closing the polls, and only those voters, may vote.
    (c) If the committee is assigned the topic described in subsection (b), the committee shall issue a report to the legislative council containing the committee's findings and recommendations, including any recommended legislation, not later than November 1, 2013.
    (d) This SECTION expires January 1, 2014.

President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Governor of the State of Indiana

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SEA 388

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