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