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Committee hears broad election-security and registration bill; advocates warn of burdens on naturalized voters
Summary
House Bill 16 80 would require counties to provide IT-vendor contacts, expand who may challenge voters in primaries, restrict some voter-registration assistance, require proof of citizenship in some cases and make certain absentee affidavits subject to rejection without a cure process; Common Cause, League of Women Voters and election officials |
The Senate Elections Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1680, "Election Security and Transparency," a multi-part measure the sponsor described as covering county IT-provider reporting, poll-book and challenger mobility at vote centers, treatment of temporary credentials in voter registration, restrictions on addresses and on assistance filling registration forms, expanded information-sharing MOUs with other states, rules for petitions and absentee affidavits, and new procedural-audit authority for the Secretary of State.
Advocates for voting rights opposed several provisions. Julia Vaughn of Common Cause Indiana said sections that would require additional proof-of-citizenship checks for registrants using temporary credentials would likely violate federal law, disproportionately burden naturalized citizens and create additional administrative work without evidence of noncitizen registration. Vaughn also said the…
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