MADAM PRESIDENT:
I move
that Engrossed House Bill 1071 be amended to read as follows:
Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new
paragraph and insert:
"SECTION 1. IC 3-5-2-49.9, AS ADDED BY P.L.164-2006,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 49.9. (a) "Vote center" means a polling place
where a voter who resides in the county in which the vote center is
located may vote without regard to the precinct in which the voter
resides.
(b) This section expires December 31, 2009.
".
Page 2, between lines 17 and 18, begin a new paragraph and
insert:
"SECTION 2. IC 3-11-8-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 2. A voter shall vote at
the polls for the precinct where the voter resides except when
authorized to vote:
(1) in another precinct under IC 3-10-10, IC 3-10-11, or
IC 3-10-12; or
(2) at a special voting poll under section 6.5 of this chapter; or
(3) at an alternate polling place under section 3.3 of this
chapter.
SOURCE: IC 3-11-8-3.2; (08)SB0235.2.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 3-11-8-3.2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 3.2. (a) A county
executive shall give ten (10) days notice of the place of voting in each
precinct by publication in the manner prescribed by IC 5-3-1-4. The
notice must include the following information:
(1) For each precinct, whether the polls are located in an
accessible facility.
(2) If special polling places are designated under section 6.5 of
this chapter:
(A) the location of each special polling place; and
(B) the procedures for elderly voters and voters with
disabilities to apply to vote at a special polling place.
provided at the vote center; and
(B) whether these ballots will be:
(i) delivered to the vote center before the opening of
the polls; or
(ii) printed on demand for a voter's use.
(10) A detailed description of any hardware, firmware, or
software used:
(A) to create an electronic poll list for each precinct whose
polls are to be located at a vote center; or
(B) to establish a secure electronic connection between the
county election board and the precinct election officials
administering a vote center.
(11) A description of the equipment and procedures to be used
to ensure that information concerning a voter entered into any
electronic poll list used by precinct election officers at a vote
center is immediately accessible to:
(A) the county election board; and
(B) the electronic poll lists used by precinct election
officers at all other vote centers in the county.
(12) For each precinct designated under subdivision (5), the
number of electronic poll lists to be provided for the precinct.
(13) The security and contingency plans to be implemented by
the county to:
(A) prevent a disruption of the vote center process; and
(B) ensure that the election is properly conducted if a
disruption occurs.
(14) A certification that the vote center complies with the
accessibility requirements applicable to polling places under
IC 3-11-8.
(15) A sketch depicting the planned layout of the vote center,
indicating the location of:
(A) equipment; and
(B) precinct election officers;
within the vote center.
(16) The total number of vote centers to be established at
satellite offices that are established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 to
allow voters to cast absentee ballots in accordance with IC 3-11.
SOURCE: IC 3-11-18-5; (08)SB0235.2.8. -->
SECTION 8. IC 3-11-18-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.164-2006,
SECTION 119, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 5. (a) Except for a municipality
described in subsection (b), A plan must provide a vote center for use
by voters residing in each municipality within the county conducting
for use in a primary election, general election, special election, a
municipal primary, or a municipal election conducted on or after the
effective date of the county election board's order.
(b) A vote center may not be used in a municipal primary or
municipal election conducted within a municipality that is partially
located in a county that has not been designated a vote center pilot
county.
SOURCE: IC 3-11-18-6; (08)SB0235.2.9. -->
SECTION 9. IC 3-11-18-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.164-2006,
SECTION 119, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 6. When the total number of voters
designated under section 4(4) of this chapter as "active" equals at least
twenty-five thousand (25,000), in the municipalities listed in the plan,
the following apply:
(1) The plan must provide for at least one (1) vote center for
each ten thousand (10,000) active voters.
(2) In addition to the vote centers designated in subdivision (1),
the plan must provide for a vote center for any fraction of ten
thousand (10,000) voters.
SOURCE: IC 3-11-18-7; (08)SB0235.2.10. -->
SECTION 10. IC 3-11-18-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.164-2006,
SECTION 119, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 7. Before approving an application
to designate an order designating a county as a vote center pilot
county under this chapter, the secretary of state county election board
must determine the following:
(1) That the secure electronic connection as described under
section 4(10)(B) of this chapter is sufficient to prevent:
(A) any voter from voting more than once; and
(B) unauthorized access by any person to:
(i) the electronic poll lists for a precinct whose polls
are to be located at the vote center; or
(ii) the computerized list of voters of the county.
(2) That the planned design and location of the equipment and
precinct officers will provide the most efficient access for:
(A) voters to enter the polls, cast their ballots, and leave the
vote center; and
(B) precinct election officials, watchers, challengers, and
pollbook holders to exercise their rights and perform their
duties within the vote center.
SOURCE: IC 3-11-18-8; (08)SB0235.2.11. -->
SECTION 11. IC 3-11-18-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.164-2006,
SECTION 119, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 8. (a) The designation of a county
as a vote center pilot county takes effect immediately upon the filing
of the order with the election division, unless otherwise specified by
the secretary of state county election board.
(b) The designation of a county as a vote center county
remains in effect until the county election board, by unanimous
vote of its entire membership:
(1) rescinds the order designating the county as a vote center
county; and
(2) files a copy of the document rescinding the order with the
election division.
SOURCE: IC 3-11-18-11; (08)SB0235.2.12. -->
SECTION 12. IC 3-11-18-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.164-2006,
SECTION 119, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 11. Except as otherwise provided
by this chapter, the county shall administer an election conducted at a
vote center in accordance with federal law, this title, and the plan
submitted adopted with the application county election board's order
under section 4 of this chapter.
vote center pilot county under IC 3-11-18.
(c) A county must file with the secretary of state an application
to be designated a vote center pilot county under IC 3-11-18 not
later than March 1, 2008.
(d) The secretary of state shall act in accordance with
IC 3-11-18 and this SECTION to designate a county as a vote
center pilot county not later than March 15, 2008.
(e) The designation of a county as a vote center pilot county
under this SECTION is effective June 1, 2008.
(f) This SECTION expires July 1, 2008.
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Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to EHB 1071 as printed February 8, 2008.)