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Senate rejects amendment to move elections study from Secretary of State to interim committees
Summary
Senators debated whether an elections cost study should be run by the Secretary of State or by an interim legislative elections committee. An amendment by Senator Ford to transfer the study to the interim committee failed 11-37; the bill was ordered to engrossment.
INDIANAPOLIS — On April 3, the Senate debated House Bill 16-33, a study measure concerning the cost of holding municipal elections in odd‑numbered years. Senator Gaskell, the bill’s floor author, said the Secretary of State’s office is best positioned to conduct the study because it holds the data and can do the work more economically.
Senator JD Ford offered an amendment…
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