Indiana § 3-11-14-2 - Use of electronic voting systems; voter verifiable paper audit trail; requirements for voter verifiable paper audit trail

§ 3-11-14-2. Use of electronic voting systems; voter verifiable paper audit trail; requirements for voter verifiable paper audit trail

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (f), a county election board may use an approved electronic voting system:

(1) in any election;

(2) in all or in some of the precincts within a political subdivision holding an election; and

(3) instead of or in combination with any other voting method.

(b) A county election board may use an electronic voting system which includes a voter verifiable paper audit trail if the voting system:

(1) otherwise complies with this chapter and IC 3-11-15; and

(2) is certified by the Indiana election commission.

(c) A county election board may not use an approved electronic voting system purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired by the county after December 31, 2019, unless the system:

(1) is certified by the Indiana election commission; and

(2) includes a voter verifiable paper audit trail.

This subsection does not prohibit a county election board from having maintenance performed on an electronic voting system purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired by the county before January 1, 2020.

(d) The voter verifiable paper audit trail must contain all of the following:

(1) The name or code of the election as provided by the voting system.

(2) The date of the election.

(3) The date the voter verifiable paper audit trail was printed.

(4) A security code and record number specific to each paper receipt assigned by the voting system.

(5) The name or designation of the voter's precinct.

(6) The name or designation of each office on the voter's ballot.

(7) The name of the candidate and the designation of the candidate's political party selected by the voter.

(8) If the voter selects a straight party ticket, the name of the political party ticket the voter selected.

(9) The following information:

(A) A description of the text of any public question or judicial retention question on the voter's ballot that:

(i) contains not more than thirty (30) characters; and

(ii) the county election board determines reasonably conveys the content of the public question or judicial retention question.

(B) The response the voter selected for each question.

(e) The voter verifiable paper audit trail may contain additional information and instructions determined to be useful to the voter by the county election board subject to the design capabilities of the voter verifiable paper audit trail.

(f) This subsection applies to a county in which any direct record electronic voting system that does not include a voter verifiable paper audit trail is used for an election. A county election board shall not use a direct record electronic voting system in an election after July 1, 2022, unless the county election board:

(1) uses a number of direct record electronic voting systems including a voter verifiable paper audit trail in the election that is equal to or greater than ten percent (10%) of the total number of direct record electronic voting systems owned, leased, or otherwise available to the county as of January 1, 2022, and as of January 1 in each year thereafter;

(2) determines, not later than July 1, 2022, and January 1 of each year thereafter, the minimum number of direct record electronic voting systems including a voter verifiable paper audit trail necessary to comply with the requirement of this subsection; and

(3) files a certification of this determination to the secretary of state not later than August 11, 2022, and February 11 of each year thereafter.

As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.327. Amended by P.L.71-2019, SEC.16; P.L.109-2021, SEC.48; P.L.115-2022, SEC.9.