A group dedicated to pursuing vote-by-mail for every Hoosier in every election is suing the state to help make that a reality this fall.

The General Assembly appropriated $10 million in the new state budget for election security, which will pay to add paper trails to just 10 percent of the machines that need them by next year.

Federal law requires the state to regularly clean up its voter rolls ensuring people who have moved or died, for instance, are either removed or have their information updated.

The postcards from the Secretary of State's Election Division remind voters that Nov. 5 is Election Day, but they're also being used to revise Indiana's statewide voter list.

The suit emphasizes that Indiana lacks any rules or standards to determine whether a signature is genuine.

Indiana's secretary of state, auditor and treasurer were sworn into office Monday. All three women won re-election bids in November.

A couple hundred people attended Monday's formal inaugural for Secretary of State Connie Lawson, Auditor Tera Klutz and Treasurer Kelly Mitchell.

Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson said Tuesday in a statement that her office is investigating Johnson County's problematic electronic poll books.

Lawson was was appointed as Secretary of State in March 2012 to finish the term of Charlie White, who was ousted after a voter fraud conviction.

Indiana Public Broadcasting's Brandon Smith talks with Libertarian Mark Rutherford about his views on the issues in this year's race for Secretary of State.