§ 3-7-38.2-5.5 — IDEA established; requirements; receiving voter registration information from other states; confidence factor; cancellation of duplicate registrations

Indiana § 3-7-38.2-5.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 7: VOTER REGISTRATION
• Ch. 38.2: Voter List Maintenance Programs

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5. (a) The Indiana data enhancement
association (IDEA) is established. IDEA shall be administered by the
NVRA official in accordance with IC 3-7-11-1.
(b) The NVRA official shall adopt an order for the administration
of voter list maintenance programs to be performed by IDEA. The
NVRA official may amend the order. If the NVRA official does not
amend the order when necessary to perform voter list maintenance
duties under this chapter, the secretary of state shall adopt or amend the
order under section 18 of this chapter. The order establishing IDEA,
and any amendments to the order subsequently issued, shall provide the
following:
(1) The member states of IDEA are not required to pay to Indiana
any fee for the processing of the data from the member state.
(2) The member states of IDEA are not required to engage in any
activity other than actions necessary to comply with standards for
voter list maintenance set forth in the order as a condition for
obtaining data from Indiana or other member states.
(3) The method for a state to join or withdraw from IDEA.
(4) The tenure of the membership of each state and duration of the
order.
(5) Indiana shall:
(A) use the confidence factors set forth in subsection (c) to
determine whether the name of an individual registered in that
member state appears to be the same as an individual registered
to vote in Indiana or any other member state; and
(B) only forward potential matches of the names of individuals
in a state who meet or exceed the confidence factor threshold
under subsection (c).
(6) Any registration data provided to Indiana by another state
member:
(A) is confidential under Indiana law;
(B) must be safely secured by Indiana for the duration of a
particular instance of a voter list maintenance activity; and
(C) shall be destroyed immediately following the provision of
data concerning potential duplicate voter registrations to IDEA
member states.
(7) Any other provisions necessary for the proper and effective
administration of IDEA.
(c) Not later than thirty (30) days following the receipt of
information under subsection (b) indicating that a voter of Indiana may
also be registered to vote in another state, the NVRA official shall
provide the appropriate county voter registration office with the name
of and any other information obtained under this subsection concerning
that voter, if both of the following apply:
(1) The first name, last name, and date of birth of the Indiana
voter is identical to the first name, last name, and date of birth of
the voter registered in the other state.
(2) A comparison of the records indicates that there is a
confidence factor that the records are for the same individual
resulting from the accumulation of at least seventy-five (75)
points based on the following criteria:
(A) Full Social Security number: 40 points.
(B) Last four (4) digits of Social Security number: 10 points.
(C) Indiana driver's license or identification card number: 50
points.
(D) Date of birth: 25 points.
(E) Last Name: 15 points.
(F) First Name: 15 points.
(G) Middle Name: 5 points.
(H) Suffix: 5 points.
(I) Street Address 1: 10 points.
(J) Zip Code (first five (5) digits): 5 points.
(d) The county voter registration office shall determine whether the
individual:
(1) identified in the report provided by the NVRA official under
subsection (c) is the same individual who is a registered voter of
the county;
(2) registered to vote in another state on a date following the date
that voter registered in Indiana; and
(3) authorized the cancellation of any previous registration by the
voter when the voter registered in another state.
(e) If the county voter registration office determines that the voter
is described by subsection (d), the county voter registration office shall
cancel the voter registration of that voter. If the county voter
registration office determines that the voter is described by subsection
(d)(1) and (d)(2), but has not authorized the cancellation of any
previous registration, the county voter registration office shall send an
address confirmation notice to the Indiana address of the voter.
(f) The county voter registration office may rely on written
information provided either directly by a voter registration office in
another state or forwarded from the election division from the office in
the other state. Information:
(1) provided from the other state to the Indiana county voter
registration official; or
(2) forwarded by the election division;
must include a copy of the voter's signed voter registration application
which indicates the individual authorizes cancellation of the
individual's previous registration. County voter registration officials
shall review the date the individual registered out of state and the date
the individual registered in Indiana to confirm which registration is
more recent when performing the officials' analysis under this
subsection.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.141-2020, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.193-2021, SEC.13; P.L.227-2023, SEC.32.