SB 411-1_ Filed 02/19/2004, 12:19
Adopted 2/19/2004


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COMMITTEE REPORT


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                                                        NO:
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MR. SPEAKER:
    Your Committee on       Elections and Apportionment     , to which was referred       Senate Bill 411     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 3, line 12; (04)AM041104.3. -->     Page 3, line 12, after "person" insert " ,".
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    Page 7, line 24, delete "under the names of the offices in the order" and insert " as provided in IC 3-11-13.".
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        " (3) A voting machine.
        (4) A punch card ballot voting system.
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    " (i) Except as provided by section 3.5 of this chapter, the nominees of a political party or group of petitioners shall be listed on the ballots in the same format that nominees are required to be listed under IC 3-11-2-5.".
    Page 14, delete lines 19 through 22, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 3-11-12-3.5; (04)AM041104.21. -->     "SECTION 21. IC 3-11-12-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies instead of section 3(i) of this chapter if the county election board adopts a resolution by the unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board to make this section applicable to the ballot in the county.
    (b) Below the name of the office and the statement required by section 3(h) of this chapter, the names of the candidates for each office must be grouped together in the following order:
        (1) The major political party whose candidate received the highest number of votes in the county for secretary of state at the last election is listed first.
        (2) The major political party whose candidate received the second highest number of votes in the county for secretary of state is listed second.
        (3) All other political parties listed in the order that the parties' candidates for secretary of state finished in the last election are listed after the party listed in subdivision (2).
        (4) If a political party did not have a candidate for secretary of state in the last election or a nominee is an independent candidate or ticket, the party or candidate is listed after the parties described in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3).
        (5) If more than one (1) political party or independent candidate or ticket described in subdivision (4) qualifies to be

on the ballot, the parties, candidates, or tickets are listed in the order in which the party filed its petition of nomination under IC 3-8-6-12.
        (6) The name of a write-in candidate may not be listed on the ballot label.
    (c) A resolution adopted under this section expires January 1 after the election to which the resolution is applicable.
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    " (g) Except as provided by section 11.5 of this chapter, the nominees of a political party or group of petitioners shall be listed on the ballots in the same format that nominees are required to be listed under IC 3-11-2-5.".
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SOURCE: IC 3-11-13-11.5; (04)AM041104.23. -->     "SECTION 23. IC 3-11-13-11.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 11.5. (a) This section applies instead of section 11(g) of this chapter if the county election board adopts a resolution by the unanimous vote of the entire membership of the board to make this section applicable to the ballot in the county.
    (b) Below the name of the office and the statement required by section 11(f) of this chapter, the names of the candidates for each office must be grouped together in the following order:
        (1) The major political party whose candidate received the highest number of votes in the county for secretary of state at the last election is listed first.
        (2) The major political party whose candidate received the second highest number of votes in the county for secretary of state is listed second.
        (3) All other political parties listed in the order that the

parties' candidates for secretary of state finished in the last election are listed after the party listed in subdivision (2).
        (4) If a political party did not have a candidate for secretary of state in the last election or a nominee is an independent candidate or ticket, the party or candidate is listed after the parties described in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3).
        (5) If more than one (1) political party or independent candidate or ticket described in subdivision (4) qualifies to be on the ballot, the parties, candidates, or tickets are listed in the order in which the party filed its petition of nomination under IC 3-8-6-12.
        (6) The name of a write-in candidate may not be listed on the ballot label.
    (c) A resolution adopted under this section expires January 1 after the election to which the resolution is applicable.
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    Page 21, line 42, after "and" and insert " must be".
    Page 22, delete lines 19 through 22.
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to SB 411 as printed January 23, 2004.)



and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Mahern


AM041104/DI 75    2004