Allows certain counties to scan voted optical scan ballot cards during the early voting period and on election day without using secrecy envelopes.  

Currently, there are no voting systems in Indiana that use optical scan ballot scanners, which allow for ballot retraction, as this bill proposes.  

However, if passed, this bill will introduce uncertainty into the chain of custody for ballot handling and could be exploited by bad actors, or by others acting in collusion, or by a mistake caused by an election official lacking an understanding of the complex ballot procedures.