Primary Voter Registration Deadline Monday
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Those registering to vote are required to bring their driver's license number or last four digits of their social security number.
In Indiana, the voter does not need to provide their party affiliation at the time they register to vote, according to Chief Deputy Clerk Ann Torpy. However, if they want to vote at a primary election they must ask for a Democrat or Republican ballot.
Someone who registers to vote through the mail will need to mail in a copy of either their driver's license, current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document.
People also may register to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
A person who needs to change their name or address on their voter registration record can apply in person at the Kosciusko County clerk's office.
The first day of absentee voting in the Kosciusko County Clerk's office is Monday, beginning at 8 a.m. People who want an application for absentee voting should call 574-372-2334.
The last day to vote absentee in the clerk's office is May 5 at noon.
Disabled voters may request an absentee ballot be delivered to them. The absentee travel board will deliver the ballot close to the election and later pick it up and take it to the absentee office.
People have the right to vote in Indiana if they are a U.S. citizen and an Indiana resident; will be at least 18 years of age on or before the November election; are not currently in prison after being convicted of a crime; have lived in the precinct where they vote for at least 30 days prior to the election and are registered to vote.
The U.S. Representative Third District seat, currently held by Mark Souder, and the U.S. Senate seat held by Evan Bayh, are up for election at the federal level for voters.
Statewide, the following positions are open for election: state senator 9th district, currently held by Ryan Mishler; state senator district 13, currently held by Robert Meeks; and state senator 18th district, held by Thomas K. Weatherwax; and state representatives 18th (David Wolkins), 22nd (William Ruppel) and 23rd (William C. Friend) districts.
At the county level, the following positions are open for election, Superior Court I, currently held by Judge Duane Huffer; Superior Court II, James Jarrette; Superior Court III, Joe Sutton.
Other positions up for election are clerk of the circuit court, incumbent Sharon Christner; county treasurer, incumbent Kent Adams; county coroner, John Sadler; county surveyor, Richard Kemper; county commissioner northern district, Bradford Jackson; and middle district, Ronald D. Truex; county council at-large seats, currently held by Thomas Anglin and Bob Sanders.
Each of the six local school boards has seats up for grabs.
In the primary, Tippecanoe Valley School Board districts 1 and 2 are up for election. For Wa-Nee School Board, Olive, Scott and Jefferson townships' seats are up for election in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties.
Whitko School Board seats up for election in the primary include district 1,2 and 3.[[In-content Ad]]
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Those registering to vote are required to bring their driver's license number or last four digits of their social security number.
In Indiana, the voter does not need to provide their party affiliation at the time they register to vote, according to Chief Deputy Clerk Ann Torpy. However, if they want to vote at a primary election they must ask for a Democrat or Republican ballot.
Someone who registers to vote through the mail will need to mail in a copy of either their driver's license, current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document.
People also may register to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
A person who needs to change their name or address on their voter registration record can apply in person at the Kosciusko County clerk's office.
The first day of absentee voting in the Kosciusko County Clerk's office is Monday, beginning at 8 a.m. People who want an application for absentee voting should call 574-372-2334.
The last day to vote absentee in the clerk's office is May 5 at noon.
Disabled voters may request an absentee ballot be delivered to them. The absentee travel board will deliver the ballot close to the election and later pick it up and take it to the absentee office.
People have the right to vote in Indiana if they are a U.S. citizen and an Indiana resident; will be at least 18 years of age on or before the November election; are not currently in prison after being convicted of a crime; have lived in the precinct where they vote for at least 30 days prior to the election and are registered to vote.
The U.S. Representative Third District seat, currently held by Mark Souder, and the U.S. Senate seat held by Evan Bayh, are up for election at the federal level for voters.
Statewide, the following positions are open for election: state senator 9th district, currently held by Ryan Mishler; state senator district 13, currently held by Robert Meeks; and state senator 18th district, held by Thomas K. Weatherwax; and state representatives 18th (David Wolkins), 22nd (William Ruppel) and 23rd (William C. Friend) districts.
At the county level, the following positions are open for election, Superior Court I, currently held by Judge Duane Huffer; Superior Court II, James Jarrette; Superior Court III, Joe Sutton.
Other positions up for election are clerk of the circuit court, incumbent Sharon Christner; county treasurer, incumbent Kent Adams; county coroner, John Sadler; county surveyor, Richard Kemper; county commissioner northern district, Bradford Jackson; and middle district, Ronald D. Truex; county council at-large seats, currently held by Thomas Anglin and Bob Sanders.
Each of the six local school boards has seats up for grabs.
In the primary, Tippecanoe Valley School Board districts 1 and 2 are up for election. For Wa-Nee School Board, Olive, Scott and Jefferson townships' seats are up for election in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties.
Whitko School Board seats up for election in the primary include district 1,2 and 3.[[In-content Ad]]
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