The House Elections and Apportionment Committee heard HB 1377 on straight ticket voting authored by Rep. Payne. The bill repeals provisions that prohibit counting straight party votes for candidates for election to an at-large district to which more than one person may be elected. The bill also provides that if a voter votes a straight party ticket and also selects one or more individual candidates for an office to which more than one person may be elected, the: (1) individual votes shall be counted unless the total number of individual votes is greater than the number of persons to be elected to the office; (2) straight party votes for the office shall not be counted; and (3) straight party votes for other offices on the ballot shall be counted.
The Indiana Secretary of State’s Office, Knox County Clerk, and Indiana Elections Division testified in support of the bill. The bill passed 12-0.
Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1377