Introduced Version




SENATE BILL No. 14

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 3-11-10-26.3.

Synopsis: Accessibility of satellite voting locations. Requires a satellite office for voting to meet the same accessibility requirements that apply to a polling place for a precinct.

Effective: July 1, 2009.



Miller


    January 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.




Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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SENATE BILL No. 14


    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 3-11-10-26.3; (09)IN0014.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 3-11-10-26.3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 26.3. (a) A county election board may adopt a resolution to authorize the circuit court clerk to establish satellite offices in the county where voters may cast absentee ballots before an absentee voter board.
    (b) To be adopted under this section, a resolution must be adopted by the unanimous vote of the board's entire membership.
    (c) A resolution adopted under this section must do the following:
        (1) State the locations of the satellite offices.
        (2) State the hours at which absentee voting may occur at the satellite offices.
    (d) The resolution may contain other provisions the board considers useful.
    (e) If a resolution is adopted under this section, the procedure for casting an absentee ballot at a satellite office must, except as provided in this section, be substantially the same as the procedure for casting an absentee ballot in the office of the circuit court clerk.
     (f) A satellite office established by a circuit court clerk under this section must comply with the polling place accessibility requirements of IC 3-11-8.