Bills cutting short the early voting period and submitting the oaths of ballot counters to the election division passed out of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee Monday. The committee also heard a bill about school board elections,
Four bills have been introduced and are going through the legislative process in Indiana right nowTwo of the bills are focused on elections, one shortening the
Indiana lawmakers consider a bill to halve the early voting period, raising concerns about its impact on voter turnout and access.
The Indiana Senate Elections Committee voted to pass legislation that would close primary elections in the state.
Proposals advancing at the Indiana Senate would cut the state's early voting period to 14 days and limit voter participation in primary elections.
The number of days of early, in-person voting in Indiana would be cut in half under legislation approved by a Senate committee Monday.
Republicans like State Senator Gary Byrne, the author of the bill, believe this is the right thing to do. Critics of it say it just makes it unnecessarily harder to vote.
Legislation authored by state Sen. Mike Gaskill proposes moving future municipal elections to even-numbered years.
Hoosier voters could see early in-person voting slashed from a month to two weeks under legislation moving to the Indiana Senate’s floor.
Indiana mayors, city and town clerks and councilors would be elected in presidential election years under a bill, approved by a Senate committee Monday.
Elections for Indiana municipalities of at least 3,500 people currently take place in the odd-numbered years before presidential elections. Indiana mayors, city and town clerks and councilors ...
This recent ruling from the GOP district comes after a rift between President Dan Schaetzle and Republicans on the St. Joseph County Council.