IndianaAbsentee ballot retraction.
What it does
Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission.
More detail
Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- May 6Public Law 212Latest
- May 6Signed by the Governor Mike BraunBecame Law
- Apr 29Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 25Signed by the SpeakerMajor
- Apr 24Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 552: yeas 65, nays 26
- Vote recorded SB 526 - Gaskill. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded SB 526 - Wesco. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Signed by the President Pro TemporeMajor
- Apr 24Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 512: yeas 40, nays 10
- Apr 23Senator Spencer removed as conferee
- Apr 23Senator Schmitt removed as advisor
- Apr 23Representative Pierce K added as conferee
- Apr 23Representative Jackson C removed as conferee
- Apr 23Representative Pierce K removed as advisor
- Apr 23CCR # 1 filed in the HouseMinor
- Apr 23CCR # 1 filed in the SenateMinor
- Apr 23Senator Schmitt added as conferee
- Apr 16Senator Schmitt added as advisor
- Apr 15House conferees appointed: Wesco and Jackson C
- Apr 15House advisors appointed: Pierce K, Pressel, Boy, Errington and Pryor
- Apr 14Senate conferees appointed: Gaskill and Spencer
- Apr 14Senate dissented from House amendments
- Apr 14Motion to dissent filedMinor
- Apr 14Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Donato
- Apr 2Returned to the Senate with amendmentsMinor
- Apr 1Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 90, nays 0Passed House
- Vote recorded SB 526 - Wesco - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 31Second reading: amended, ordered engrossedMinor
- Mar 31Amendment #3 (Wesco) prevailed; voice voteMajor
- Mar 27Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedMinor
- Mar 3First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and ApportionmentMinor
- Feb 21Referred to the HouseMinor
- Feb 20Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 47, nays 1Passed Senate
- Vote recorded SB 526 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20House sponsor: Representative Wesco
- Feb 17Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice voteMajor
- Feb 17Second reading: amended, ordered engrossedMinor
- Feb 13Senator Donato added as second author
- Feb 10Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 16First reading: referred to Committee on ElectionsMinor
- Jan 16Authored by Senator GaskillIntroduced