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(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.
(H) Suffix: 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