H.E.A. 1377, P.L. 99-2026
Effective: January 1, 2027
- 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.
- Removes a provision requiring particular ballot placement when more than one candidate may be elected to an office.
- 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.
- Specifies how a vote is counted with a straight ticket on a paper ballot.
Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1377/