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Senate narrows ballot-retraction definition to accommodate vendor; passes bill 40-10

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The Senate approved a change to state law governing retraction of early in-person absentee ballots, voting 40-10 to adopt the conference committee report on Senate Bill 526.

The Indiana Senate concurred with changes to Senate Bill 526 on Thursday, approving language that clarifies how counties may retract early in-person absentee ballots in limited circumstances such as voter death or felony conviction.

Senator Gaskell, presenting the committee report, said the bill standardizes a process for retracting an early in-person absentee ballot stored in an electronic system used by some counties. "In order for them to be able to retract an early…

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