Bill > SB0527

This bill amends Indiana law regarding satellite voting offices by requiring counties that choose to establish such offices to create at least one satellite office for every 50,000 residents. Currently, counties can voluntarily adopt a resolution to allow circuit court clerks to establish satellite voting locations where voters can cast absentee ballots before an absentee voter board. The bill mandates that these resolutions must be unanimously approved by the county election board and specify the locations and hours of the satellite offices. If a resolution is initially adopted for a primary election, the same locations and hours generally apply to subsequent general or municipal elections, with limited ability to modify satellite office details. The bill also maintains existing requirements that satellite offices follow the same absentee voting procedures as the circuit court clerk's office, ensure polling place accessibility, and that resolutions expire on January 1 of the year following their adoption. This change aims to increase accessibility to absentee voting by ensuring more satellite voting locations in more populous counties.

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https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/527/details