As of April 9, members of the Indiana General Assembly, which includes the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana State Senate, have passed four bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those four bills, legislators passed one during the week of April 3-9. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is:
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IN HB1334: Absentee voting, Reps. Michael Aylesworth (R), Randall Frye (R), Michael Speedy (R), and Timothy Wesco (R) and Sens. Daniel Dernulc (R), Jon Ford (R), Tyler Johnson (R), Eric Koch (R), Jeff Raatz (R), and Linda Rogers (R).
- As introduced on Jan. 12, 2023, this bill:
- Requires county election boards to have a process for voters to resolve issues with their absentee ballot applications.
- Prohibits the government from sending an absentee ballot application to an individual who has not requested it.
- Requires absentee ballot applications to ask for either the voter’s drivers license number, identification card number, or voter registration number and the last four digits of their Social Security Number. For an online application, only one of the former four numbers is required.
- Requires a voter voting by mail due to location absence (from county, precinct, confinement, home care for dependent, work, or religious obligations) to have that issue during the time they could vote absentee before the board in addition to on election day.
- As introduced on Jan. 12, 2023, this bill:
Of the four bills passed this year, one has been enacted. This is two fewer than this point a year ago. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is:
