Indiana House Bill 1020 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-11 - Representative Dermody added as coauthor
Pending: House Elections and Apportionment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Vacancies; voting. Removes a voter's option to vote for all candidates of a political party or an independent ticket at one time (straight ticket voting) in a general or municipal election, except for candidates for presidential electors. Provides that a legislative vacancy is filled by a special election if the vacancy occurs at a time other than during the final year of the legislative term. Provides that a legislative vacancy that occurs during the last year of the legislative term shall be filled by a caucus of the precinct committeemen from the legislative district of the political party of the

Vacancies; voting. Removes a voter's option to vote for all candidates of a political party or an independent ticket at one time (straight ticket voting) in a general or municipal election, except for candidates for presidential electors. Provides that a legislative vacancy is filled by a special election if the vacancy occurs at a time other than during the final year of the legislative term. Provides that a legislative vacancy that occurs during the last year of the legislative term shall be filled by a caucus of the precinct committeemen from the legislative district of the political party of the

Rep. David Ober [R]

Rep. Thomas Dermody [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-11	House	Representative Dermody added as coauthor
2016-01-05	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2016-01-05	House	Authored by Representative Ober

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1020/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/6/1/b/961be59f/HB1020.01.INTR.pdf