Section 3-7-38.2-5.5 - IDEA established; requirements; receiving voter registration information from other states; confidence factor; cancellation of duplicate registrations(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.(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.
Amended by P.L. 227-2023,SEC. 32, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 193-2021,SEC. 13, eff. 4/29/2021.Added by P.L. 141-2020,SEC. 8, eff. 3/21/2020.