Indiana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Indiana SB526: Absentee ballot retraction.
Status: Chaptered, May 6, 2025
Absentee ballot retraction. Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots.
Sponsors
- Mike Gaskill (R, SD-025) · primary sponsor
- Stacey Donato (R, SD-018) · primary sponsor
- Timothy Wesco (R, HD-021)
Votes
- Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (April 24, 2025): 40 yea, 10 nay, passed
- House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (April 24, 2025): 65 yea, 26 nay, passed
- House - Third reading (April 1, 2025): 90 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate - Third reading (February 20, 2025): 47 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB526?
- SB526 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Absentee ballot retraction.
- What does SB526 do?
- Absentee ballot retraction. Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots.
- What is the status of SB526?
- Chaptered as of May 6, 2025.
- Who sponsored SB526?
- Mike Gaskill (R, SD-025), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB526?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/526/details
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