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Legislative Update

Various elections matters

May 16, 2025 Filed Under: Civil

H.E.A. 1679, P.L. 240-2025

Effective: July 1, 2025

  • 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 for a recount or contest may not be filed earlier than noon 10 days after election day. 
  • 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.)

Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1679

Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: elections, recount

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