Modifies the definition of "candidate". Provides that certain documents and material generated for or used by a political party caucus to select a person to fill a vacancy in an elected office are the property of the political party. Requires certain schools used as a polling place to remain closed on primary election day and general election day, except as necessary for election day operations. Provides that the office of the circuit court clerk must remain closed on primary election day and general election day. Provides that the circuit court clerk shall perform required duties to conduct elections on primary election day and general election day. Specifies that the circuit court clerk is not required to perform on primary election day and general election day a duty other than conducting elections. Requires a county, city, town, township, or school to provide to an employee of a local government office who requests leave to serve: (1) on primary election day or general election day; and (2) as a precinct election officer; a paid day of leave to serve as a precinct election officer. Specifies an exception. Requires certain redistricting authorities to redistrict election districts or recertify existing election districts following the 2030 decennial census not later than June 29, 2031. Specifies that a member of a redistricting authority that fails to redistrict or recertify election districts before June 30, 2031, shall not be entitled to receive payment of any salary or fees, as fixed by law, until the redistricting authority redistricts or recertifies election districts. Prescribes fees to be charged by the election division for particular products and services. Changes the manner in which a copy of a complaint is to be provided to members of the Indiana election commission. Specifies the term of a chairman of a county election board and the process following a vacancy in the office of chairman. Provides that a person must: (1) be at least 18 years of age at the next general, municipal, or special election; (2) be a United States citizen; and (3) reside in a precinct continuously before a general, municipal, or special election for at least 30 days; to register to vote in that precinct and may, upon making a proper application, register to vote in that precinct. Establishes default times for the provision of absentee activity reports and other election day reports. Requires the county voter registration official to take certain actions concerning potential nonresidential addresses not later than August 1 of each year. Provides that the county voter registration official may not enter a nonresidential address into the statewide voter registration system as a voter's registration address. Provides that the spouse of a service member may elect to use the same residence as the member. Requires a county voter registration office to conduct a voter list maintenance program at least once every 30 days. Allows a county voter registration office to use, for purposes of voter list maintenance: (1) information received by the county voter registration office indicating that a voter has moved to another state; (2) the return of an absentee ballot sent by the county election board to a voter because of an unknown or insufficient address. Requires a county voter registration office that receives information indicating that a voter has moved to another state to mail a specified form to the voter. Specifies that a full-time employee of the department of homeland security who is prohibited from participating in political activities is disqualified from assuming or being a candidate for an elected office. Requires a write-in candidate for a school board office to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate with the county election board. Provides, for purposes of stating a candidate's affiliation with a political party in a declaration of candidacy, that if a candidate cast a nonpartisan ballot at an election held at either of the two most recent primary elections in which the candidate voted, a certification by the county chairman is required. Provides that the county election board is not required to compile information concerning precinct committeemen or state convention delegates as part of information that must be published and filed before a primary election. Requires candidates for school board office and their candidate's committees to file required instruments with the county election board. Requires the names of all: (1) candidates for presidential electors and alternate presidential electors; and (2) nominees for President and Vice President of the United States; to be certified to the election division not later than noon September 1 before the general election. (Current law requires certification not later than noon on the second Tuesday in September before the general election.) Allows the county election board, by unanimous vote of the board's entire membership, to use a binder instead of a paper envelope or bag in certain circumstances. Requires a voter registration application or absentee ballot application requested through electronic mail by a voter with print disabilities to be provided by electronic mail. (Current law permits providing these documents by fax in certain circumstances.) Allows an individual to submit: (1) a replacement ballot statement request; and (2) a written replacement ballot request; by electronic mail. Repeals a provision that prohibits a voter from: (1) taking a digital image or photograph of the voter's ballot while in a polling place, except in specified circumstances; and (2) distributing or sharing the image using social media or by any other means. Requires that a voter entitled to cast an absentee ballot before an absentee voter board mark the voter's political party ballot selection on the electronic poll book instead of communicating the selection to the poll clerks. Permits a vendor to dispose of a voting system unit or an electronic poll book unit by transferring possession of the unit to a state or county historical society in Indiana. Specifies circumstances in which a candidate filing a petition for a recount or contest is liable for the expenses chargeable to another party. Provides that a petition requesting a recount of votes or to contest a nomination under certain provisions may not be filed earlier than noon 10 days after election day. Specifies, with regard to filling a candidate vacancy for a local office, that an authorization to fill vacancies given to a county chairman or a county committee expires at the time of the next election for precinct committeemen for the party with which the county chairman or county committee is affiliated. Provides that action to fill an early candidate vacancy must be taken not earlier than May 8 after the primary election if the vacancy exists on a general or municipal election ballot. Provides that if only one person seeks to fill a vacancy in a local office held by a major political party, a caucus vote is not required and the county chairman may select that person to fill the vacancy. Provides that certain state officers are liable to impeachment for crime, incapacity, or negligence in office. (Current law provides that these officers are liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office.) Specifies a process by which an individual who files as a candidate for nomination or election to an office on a primary or special election ballot may submit a request to restrict access to the individual's home address by means of a listing of candidates for nomination or election on a primary or special election ballot. Requires the election division or the office where a declaration of candidacy for the primary election is filed (office) to take certain actions concerning restricted address. Provides immunity in some circumstances to the office and the election division. Specifies, for purposes of nepotism provisions, that the performance of certain duties of an absentee voter board, an absentee ballot counter, a provisional ballot counter, or an absentee ballot courier is not considered employment by a unit.

Statutes affected:
Introduced House Bill (H): 3-5-2-6, 3-7-33-5.7, 3-7-38.2-2, 3-8-1-5, 3-8-2-2.5, 3-8-2-7, 3-8-2-19, 3-11-4-5.8, 3-11-8-17.5, 3-11-10-26, 3-11-15-60, 3-13-1-7, 3-13-11-10, 34-30-2.1-572, 36-1-8.5-4.5, 36-1-8.5-7, 36-1-8.5-9, 36-1-8.5-10, 36-1-8.5-11, 36-1-8.5-12, 36-1-20.2-3
House Bill (H): 3-5-2-6, 3-7-33-5.7, 3-7-38.2-2, 3-8-1-5, 3-8-2-2.5, 3-8-2-7, 3-8-2-19, 3-10-4-5, 3-11-4-5.8, 3-11-4-17.7, 3-11-8-17.5, 3-11-10-26, 3-11-15-60, 3-11.5-4-2, 3-12-11-2, 3-13-1-7, 3-13-11-10, 34-30-2.1-572, 36-1-8.5-4.5, 36-1-8.5-7, 36-1-8.5-9, 36-1-8.5-10, 36-1-8.5-11, 36-1-8.5-12, 36-1-20.2-3
Engrossed House Bill (H): 3-5-2-6, 3-7-33-5.7, 3-7-38.2-2, 3-8-1-5, 3-8-2-2.5, 3-8-2-7, 3-8-2-19, 3-10-4-5, 3-11-4-5.8, 3-11-4-17.7, 3-11-8-4, 3-11-8-17.5, 3-11-10-26, 3-11-15-60, 3-11.5-4-2, 3-12-11-2, 3-13-1-7, 3-13-11-10, 34-30-2.1-572, 36-1-8.5-4.5, 36-1-8.5-7, 36-1-8.5-9, 36-1-8.5-10, 36-1-8.5-11, 36-1-8.5-12, 36-1-20.2-3