A settlement announced in February will allow Hoosiers who are blind or who have print disabilities to vote independently without the assistance of another person through the use of a new accessible, electronic absentee ballot tool.
"It is unnecessary to make it more difficult for the elderly, people voting by travel board, and those serving in the military to vote," said Rep. Tonya Pfaff, D-Terre Haute.
The Indiana Legislature has passed a bill that would require more voter identification information for mail-in ballots to be obtained. It now awaits Gov. Eric Holcomb's signature.
Indiana lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a Republican-backed proposal that would require voters to submit more identification information to obtain mail-in ballots, rejecting arguments that the tougher rules would
The bill which would require Indiana voters submitting a paper application for a mail ballot to include a photocopy of a government-issued identification card or at least two ID numbers.