I noticed several election law bills from Sen. Errington. By way of full disclosure, I should mention once again that I have little stomach for reading election law bills. Title 3 (the elections title of the Indiana Code) is a convoluted mess — which I don’t think is entirely an accident. Nonetheless, these bills by Sen. Errington seem relatively straight forward.
Senate Bill 182 – Voter identification. Sen. Errington. Creates some alternate acceptable means of proving one’s identity for the purposes of exercising one’s right to vote. The acceptable means are:
(1) Identification issued by the state, the United States, or a public or private higher educational institution located in Indiana. (2) A current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or another government document that shows the name and address of the individual. (3) A driver’s license or state identification card issued by a state other than Indiana. Provides that an individual also provides acceptable proof of identification: (1) if two precinct election officers who are members of different major political parties execute an affidavit declaring that they have personal knowledge of the individual and that the individual is the individual whose name appears on the poll list; or (2) if the individual executes an affidavit in which the individual swears or affirms that the individual is the individual whose name appears on the poll list.
SB 183 – Poll opening and closing times. Authorizes a county election board to adopt by unanimous vote an order to allow the polls in the county to close later if a precinct in the county opens after the time required by law.
SB 184 – Voting procedures after normal poll closing time. Provides that if a court order or other order extends the hours that the polls are open, a voter who votes under the order after the time the polls otherwise would have closed must be provided a regular ballot if there are no candidates for election to a federal office on the ballot. (Under current law, such a voter must be given a provisional ballot.)
[tags]SB182-2007, SB183-2007, SB184-2007, elections[/tags]
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