§ Ind. Code § 3-6-4.2-14County election officials instructional meeting; contents; compensation and expenses

(a) Each year in which a general or municipal election is held, the election
division shall call a meeting of all the members of the county election boards, the boards of
registration (subject to IC 3-7-12), and the boards of elections and registration (as defined
in IC 3-5-2.1-12) to instruct them regarding all of the following:
(1) Their duties under this title and federal law (including HAVA and NVRA).
(2) Requirements and best practices concerning cybersecurity for the computerized list,
voting systems, and electronic poll books.
(3) Physical security for all aspects of the election process, including voting systems,
electronic poll books, absentee voting, and polling places.
(4) Requirements and best practices to ensure that voting systems, precinct polling
places, and vote centers are accessible to voters with disabilities.
(5) Best practices in answering voters' questions on how to vote, including providing
instructions to voters on straight ticket voting.
(b) The election division may call a meeting under this section:
(1) during a year in which a general or a municipal election is not held; and
(2) at other times when the election division determines that doing so is necessary or
desirable.
(c) Each circuit court clerk, each member of a board of registration established under
IC 3-7-12, and each director, assistant director, or co-director of a board of elections and
registration shall attend a meeting called by the election division under this section. A
member of a county election board may attend a meeting called by the election division under
this section. A circuit court clerk, member of a board of registration, or member of a board
of elections and registration may require the attendance of the following:
(1) Each of the circuit court clerk's, board of registration member's, or board of
elections and registration member's appointed and acting chief deputies or chief
assistants with election related responsibilities.
(2) If the number of deputies or assistants:
(A) is not more than three (3), one (1) of the clerk's or member's appointed and
acting deputies or assistants; or
(B) is greater than three (3), two (2) of the clerk's or member's appointed and acting
deputies or assistants.
(d) The election division shall set the time and place of the instructional meeting. In years
in which a primary election is held, the election division:
(1) may conduct the meeting before the first day of the year; and
(2) shall conduct the meeting before primary election day.
The instructional meeting may not last for more than three (3) days.
(e) Each individual who attends the meeting under subsection (c) and an individual who
has been elected or selected to serve as circuit court clerk but has not yet begun serving in
that office is entitled to receive all of the following from the county general fund without
appropriation:
(1) A sum for mileage at a rate determined by the fiscal body of the unit the official
represents for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the meeting
by the most expeditious route. Regardless of the duration of the conference, only one