Voter Rights / Elections
Oppose Closed Primary Bills SB 201
-Start Date: 01/14/25; End Date:
-Sends email to writer's SENATOR
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-closed-primary-bills-sb-201?source=direct_link&
Requires declaration of party affiliation to vote in the primary
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Oppose HB 1029 Closed Primaries
-Start Date: 01/15/25; End Date: When leaves committee
-Sends email to all members of HOUSE Elections Committee
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-hb-1029-closed-primaries?source=direct_link&
Requires declaration of party affiliation to vote in the primary
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Oppose SB-10-Suppresses Vote-Students and Legally Registered Voters
-Start Date: 01/25/25; End Date: When leaves committee
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-sb-10-suppresses-vote-of-students-and-legally-registered-voters?source=direct_link&
SB 10 invalidates the use of state-educational-issued student IDs for voting; requires the county voter registration office to remove voters from the voting rolls if they have not cast a vote in the two most recent general elections; puts unreasonable requirements on county clerks to verify citizenship; and ends the requirement that BMV employees ask customers if they want to register to vote or update their registration
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Oppose SB 284 – Reduces Early Voting Days
-Start Date: 01/14/25; End Date: When leaves committee
-Sends email to writer's SENATOR
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-sb-284-reduces-early-voting-days?source=direct_link&
Reducing in-person early voting will harm voter turnout.
Indiana’s turnout is among the lowest in the United States
Reduced early in-person voting days means lines for voters will significantly increase. Long lines suppress voter turnout.
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Oppose HB 1230: Partisan School Boards
-Start Date: 01/21/25; End Date: When leaves committee
-Sends email to all members of HOUSE Elections Committee
-Link for including in emails and social media:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-hb-1230-partisan-school-boards?source=direct_link&
Partisan School Boards promise to create conflict and disruption to the school community and the education of the school district’s children.
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Oppose SB 287: Partisan School Boards
-Start Date: 01/21/25; End Date: When leaves committee
-Sends email to all members of SENATE Elections Committee
-Link for including in emails and social media:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-sb-287-partisan-school-boards?source=direct_link&
Partisan School Boards promise to create conflict and disruption to the school community and the education of the school district’s children.
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Oppose-SB355-City-CountyElections
-Start Date: 01/21/25; End Date:
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-sb355-city-countyelections?source=direct_link&
OPPOSE-HB1633-City-CountyElections
-Start Date: 01/30/25; End Date:
-Sends email to sender's State REPRESENTATIVE
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-hb1633-city-countyelections?source=direct_link&
Cities and Towns elections are scheduled on off-years. Now to save money the Secretary of State, Diego Morales, wants to change municipal elections to the even year so that municipal elections will be part of the Presidential election cycle.
This change will undercut the candidacy of those running for local office: mayor, town council, etc. for those races will be overshadowed by the attention, money, and time given to the Presidential election, leaving little left to be given to the critical local races which are far more impactful to citizens’ daily lives.
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Oppose SB450 - Article V Convention
DANGEROUS BILL
-Start Date: 01/28/25; End Date:
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-sb450-article-v-convention-dangerous-bill?source=direct_link&
The Indiana Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 21 (SJR21) to allow Indiana to become one of the states calling for an Article V Constitutional Convention, in Indiana’s case, to ask for Congressional term limits, something many across the political spectrum can get behind. But SJR21 moves our nation dangerously close to opening up our Constitution for unlimited amendments to be introduced or existing amendments to be altered. SJR21 is now headed for the Indiana House.
Senate Bill 450 (SB450) outlines Indiana’s self-imposed rules for an Article V Convention, clearly spelling out which of the 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution would be off limits – the Bill of Rights, which are Amendments 1-10 (personal rights Amendments), and Amendments 13 (abolition of slavery), 14 (equal protection), 15 (right to vote not denied by race), 19 (women’s right to vote), 23 (presidential vote for D.C.), 24 (abolition of poll taxes), and 26 (right to vote at age 18).
Which Amendments to the U.S. Constitution SB450 does not outline as being off bounds in an Article V Constitutional Convention are:
11 (suits against States)
12 (Election of President and Vice President)
16 (Income tax)
17 (Popular election of Senators)
18 (Prohibition of liquor)
20 (Presidential term & succession, assembly of Congress)
21 (Repeal of Prohibition)
22 (two-term limit on Presidency)
25 (Presidential disability & succession)
27 (Congressional compensation)
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FEDERAL
Oppose the S.A.V.E. Act
-Start Date: 01/29/25; End Date: When leaves committee
-Sends email to writer's US REPRESENTATIVE
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-save-act?source=direct_link&
The 119th Congress has made the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (“SAVE”) Act a top priority. The proposed legislation threatens to inject chaos in our elections and block millions of eligible Americans from voting by requiring documentary proof of citizenship (such as a passport or birth certificate) to register.
The SAVE Act is based on the repeatedly disproven narrative that undocumented immigrants are voting in our elections. These assertions defy basic commonsense. Not only is it practically impossible for an undocumented immigrant to register to vote, it is also ridiculous to imagine an undocumented immigrant would risk government scrutiny, arrest, and deportation — all to cast just one vote.
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