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The plan required by section 3 of this chapter
must include at least the following:
(1)The total number of vote centers to be established.
(2)The location of each vote center.
(3)The effective date of the order.
(4)The following information according to the computerized list
(as defined in IC 3-7-26.3-2) as of the date of the order:
(A)The total number of voters within the county.
(B)The number of active voters within the county.
(C)The number of inactive voters within the county.
(5)For each vote center designated under subdivision (2), the
number of precinct election boards that will be appointed to
administer an election at the vote center.
(6)For each precinct election board designated under subdivision
(5), the number and name of each precinct the precinct election
board will
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The plan required by section 3 of this chapter
must include at least the following:
(1) The total number of vote centers to be established.
(2) The location of each vote center.
(3) The effective date of the order.
(4) The following information according to the computerized list
(as defined in IC 3-7-26.3-2) as of the date of the order:
(A) The total number of voters within the county.
(B) The number of active voters within the county.
(C) The number of inactive voters within the county.
(5) For each vote center designated under subdivision (2), the
number of precinct election boards that will be appointed to
administer an election at the vote center.
(6) For each precinct election board designated under subdivision
(5), the number and name of each precinct the precinct election
board will administer consistent with section 13 of this chapter for
an election that is not being held in each precinct of the county.
(7) For each vote center designated under subdivision (2), the
number and title of the precinct election officers who will be
appointed to serve at the vote center.
(8) For each vote center designated under subdivision (2):
(A) the number and type of ballot variations that will be
provided at the vote center; and
(B) whether these ballots will be:
(i) delivered to the vote center before the opening of the
polls; or
(ii) printed on demand for a voter's use.
(9) A detailed description of any hardware, firmware, or software
used:
(A) to create an electronic poll list for each precinct whose
polls are to be located at a vote center; or
(B) to manage data in an electronic poll book through a secure
electronic connection between the county election board and
the precinct election officials administering a vote center.
(10) A description of the equipment and procedures to be used to
ensure that information concerning a voter entered into any
electronic poll book used by precinct election officers at a vote
center is immediately accessible to:
(A) the county election board; and
(B) the electronic poll books used by precinct election officers
at all other vote centers in the county.
(11) This subdivision applies to a county in which ballot cards are
used at a vote center. For each vote center designated under
subdivision (2), whether each ballot card printed will have the
printed initials of the poll clerks captured through the electronic
signature pad or tablet at the time the poll clerks log into the
electronic poll book system printed on the back of the ballot card
immediately before the ballot card is delivered to a voter.
(12) The security and contingency plans to be implemented by the
county to do all of the following:
(A) Prevent a disruption of the vote center process.
(B) Ensure that the election is properly conducted if a
disruption occurs.
(C) Prevent access to an electronic poll book without the
coordinated action of two (2) precinct election officers who are
not members of the same political party.
(13) A certification that the vote center complies with the
accessibility requirements applicable to polling places under IC 3-11-8.
(14) A sketch depicting the planned layout of the vote center,
indicating the location of:
(A) equipment; and
(B) precinct election officers;
within the vote center.
(15) The total number and locations of satellite offices to be
established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 at vote center locations
designated under subdivision (2) to allow voters to cast absentee
ballots in accordance with IC 3-11. However, a plan must provide
for at least one (1) vote center to be established as a satellite
office under IC 3-11-10-26.3 on the two (2) Saturdays
immediately preceding an election day.
(16) The method and timing of providing voter data to persons
who are entitled to receive the data under this title. Data shall be
provided to all persons entitled to the data without unreasonable
delay.
(17) In a county in which a majority of votes are cast on optical
scan ballot cards, any additional procedures to provide for
efficient and secure voting at each vote center, including ballot on
demand printing.