This is pretty amazing
All counties could centralize their voting operations into fewer locations to save money and reduce the number of volunteers needed on Election Day under a bill the House passed and sent to Gov. Mitch Daniels on Monday.
Senate Bill 32 requires a unanimous vote by the three-member Board of Elections to use so-called vote centers, rather than requiring Hoosiers to cast ballots at precinct level locations. It passed 68-28.
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The House fast-tracked Senate Bill 32, making it the first bill to go to Daniels' desk for consideration during this session, and some Democrats complained Monday about the hurry.
The legislature was just poking along on this the way it does most things. Well, we'll have a pilot program in a few counties and see how that goes. Then maybe we'll have a committee hearing in a year or two. Oh, and we could commission a survey.
Suddenly, wham, bam, the thing is rushed through and becomes the first bill to reach the governor's desk. Counties that choose to can even set the voting centers up for this year's primary. Not sure how they'd work out in a county as big and spread out as Allen -- i.e., how many centers would we need to not make voting a hardship for people used to voting near home, and would we really save that much money?
