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Frequently Asked Questions
Register to Vote
(a) Register to vote at www.indianavoters.in.gov.(www.indianavoters.in.gov)
(b) Mail a completed voter registration application to Voter Registration, 16
E 9 th Street, Room 208, Anderson, IN, 46016.
(c) Visit Voter Registration in person at the Madison County Government
Center, 16 E 9 th Street, Anderson, IN, 46016, Room 208. For additional
methods or if you have any questions, feel free to call the Voter Registration
office at 765-641-9657.
You can check your registration status at www.indianavoters.in.gov (https://indianavoters.in.gov)or call
the Voter Registration office at 765-641-9657.
A 17-year-old who will be 18 on or before the date of the General Election
may register to vote.
Use the Federal Post Card Application. For more information or to obtain
that application please visit: www.in.gov/sos/electio ns/voter-(https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/ways-to-vote/military-and-overseas-voters/)
information/ways-to-vote/military-and-overseas-voters.(https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/ways-to-vote/military-and-overseas-voters/)
Or call the Voter Registration office at 765-641-9657.
Can I Vote?
Indiana allows students to choose where to register to vote. If you are attending college, you may choose to remain registered at your home address or change your registration and vote at your campus address. If registered at your home address, you can request a vote-by-mail absentee ballot or you can go home to vote.
A 17-year-old who will be 18 by the November election is eligible to register and vote in the Primary and General Elections.
The Federal Post Card Application is a combined voter registration and vote-by-mail absentee ballot application available only to military and overseas voters. For more information or to obtain that application please visit: www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/ways-to-vote/military-and-overseas-voters.(www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/ways-to-vote/military-and-overseas-voters)
Or call the Voter Registration office at 765-641-9657.
If you are a Madison County registered voter, you can vote a ballot style from your previous precinct one last time and you will be required to complete a form to update your address.
No. You must be a U.S. Citizen to register and vote. Contact Voter Registration with registration questions at 765-641-9657.
Yes. In Indiana, voting rights of a convicted person are restored upon their release from incarceration. An individual who has been released from being incarcerated, even if on probation, parole, or home detention, needs to register to vote again and will be eligible to vote in elections.
Contact the Voter Registration office with registration questions at 765-641-9657.
Deadlines
Please visit: www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/register-to-vote.(www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/register-to-vote)
Or contact the Voter Registration office at 765-641-9657.
The application to request a vote-by-mail absentee ballot must be received in the Election Office not later than 11:59 pm, 12 days before the election.
IMPORTANT! The county or the state must have the application in their possession by this deadline. Any application received after this deadline, even if it’s postmarked before the deadline, cannot be processed.
The application to request a Travel Board must be received not later than noon (local prevailing time) the day before the election.
IMPORTANT! The county or the state must have the application in their possession by this deadline. Any application received after this deadline, even if it’s postmarked before the deadline, cannot be processed.
Voters interested in the Travel Board option are encouraged to apply early.
IMPORTANT! Please include a phone number on the Travel Board application. The County Election Board must be able to contact the voter to schedule an agreeable time for the bi-partisan team to deliver the ballot to the voter and provide assistance, when needed.
Vote-by-mail absentee ballots must be received in the office of the Election Board no later than 6:00 pm Election Day. The Madison County Government Center is closed for regular business on Election Day, but the doors are open if you need to drop off your vote-by-mail absentee ballot to the Election Board.
Vote-By-Mail Ballots and Traveling Board
(a) Apply for an application online at www.indianavoters.in.gov(www.indianavoters.in.gov)
(b) For additional methods, call the Madison County Election Office at 765-641-9459.
(a) Online through the Indiana Voter Portal at www.indianavoters.in.gov.(www.indianavoters.in.gov)
(b) In-person at the Election Office at Madison County Government Center,
16 E 9 th Street, Anderson, IN, 46016, Room 207.
(c ) By mail: Madison County Elections, PO BOX 1277, Anderson, IN, 46015, fax: 765-640-4203, or email: voterservices@madisoncounty.in.gov.
NOTE: If you turn in an application to our office for someone other than yourself, you must fill out the ABS-17 form, Affidavit of Individual Filing Absentee Ballot Application with County.
Beginning July 1, 2023, a voter must provide with any vote-by-mail absentee ballot application EITHER a photocopy of identification card that complies with the state’s photo ID law OR one or more of the following voter identification numbers:
(a) the voter’s Indiana driver’s license number or Indiana identification card number;
(b)the voter’s unique voter ID number assigned to their voter registration record in SVRS; or
(c)the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number.
For Photo-ID Law please visit: https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/photo-id-law/.(https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/photo-id-law/)
Only the applicant, or a family member of the person requesting the application.
The person can be the spouse, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of applicant.
If an individual applies for a vote-by-mail absentee ballot as the properly authorized attorney-in-fact for a voter, the attorney-in-fact must attach a copy of the power of attorney to the application. (IC 3-11-4-2)
No, not unless it is their family member.
On the ABS-Mail application and the ABS-Traveling Board application, it states that if an individual receives an application from a voter, they must file it with the County Election Board no later than noon, 10 days after receiving it, or the absentee deadline, whichever comes first.
NOTE: If you turn in an absentee application to the Election Office for someone other than yourself, you must fill out the ABS-17 form, Affidavit of Individual Filing Absentee Ballot Application with County.
Yes. A member of the voter’s household or individual designated as the voter’s attorney-in-fact who is delivering the sealed envelope containing the voter’s marked vote-by-mail absentee ballot to the county election board must also complete the ABS-19 affidavit, Affidavit of Individual Delivering a
Voter’s Marked Absentee Ballot to County. Additionally, the spouse, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece whose relationship to the voter is the result of birth, marriage, or
adoption may hand-deliver a voter’s absentee ballot to the county election board and must complete the ABS-19 affidavit. NOTE: A completed vote-by-mail absentee ballot can be delivered to an in-person or “early” voting location in addition to the county election board office. (IC 3-11-10-24)
WARNING: It is a Level 6 felony for any other individual except those described above to deliver a voter’s marked absentee ballot to the County Election Board. (IC 3-14-2-16)
If you have not returned your vote-by-mail absentee ballot to the County Election Board, you can take your ballot to the polling location, surrender the ballot to the Clerk or Inspector. You will be able to vote a regular ballot on the machine, if otherwise qualified.
No. You must wait for two weeks after the Primary Election before applying for a General Election vote-by-mail absentee ballot. (IC 3-7-13-10)
There are some exceptions to this law for voters with print disabilities, and the military and overseas voters. For more information about these exceptions please contact your Election Office at 765-641-9459.
Yes. Indiana requires an application for a vote-by-mail absentee ballot to be on file for each election.
Yes. You will be required to fill out the ABS-5, Statement Concerning Defective, Lost, Destroyed, or Spoiled Absentee Ballot. For assistance, please contact the Election Office at 765-641-9459.
Yes. For a complete list of the reasons please visit: (http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/ways-to-vote/absentee-voting/#ABSENTEE_VOTING_BY_MAIL)www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/ways-to-vote/absentee-voting/#ABSENTEE_VOTING_BY_MAIL.( www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/ways-to-vote/absentee-voting/#ABSENTEE_VOTING_BY_MAIL)
Early Voting
No. A voter is not required to provide an excuse to vote in-person at the courthouse or at an early voting Satellite location.
Madison County registered voters can vote early in-person at the courthouse or at an early voting Satellite location.
For those locations, dates, and times, please visit our Polling Locations page.(https://www.madisoncounty.in.gov/polling-locations)
Yes. For different ID requirements and options please visit: https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/photo-id-law.(https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/photo-id-law)
A voter with a disability or other reasons may designate anyone to assist them, including a relative or friend, except for a voter’s employer or their union officer or representative. A voter may also be assisted by two poll workers (each of a different political party). If assistance is required an Affidavits of Voter Assistance, PRE-3, must be completed before entering the voting machine area.
General Questions
The Election Office is located on the second floor of the Madison County Government Center, 16 E 9 th Street, Anderson, IN, 46016, Room 207.
We are open Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
The Madison County Government Center and Election Office are closed for major holidays. Please see the Holiday Schedule at www.madisoncounty.in.gov/departments/human-resources.(www.madisoncounty.in.gov/departments/human-resources)
The Indiana, Madison County Election Office, overseen by the Clerk and the Elections Deputy, makes available and maintains current and helpful election information for residents and voters.
Please visit our Polling Locations page (https://www.madisoncounty.in.gov/polling-locations)for information on where, when, and what times you can vote in an upcoming election.
We are a Vote Center County; therefore, you can utilize ANY of the Polling Locations.
You can also visit www.indianavoters.in.gov for more information. You can also visit www.indianavoters.in.gov (www.indianavoters.in.gov)for more information.
You can see this information by visiting www.Indianavoters.in.gov.(www.Indianavoters.in.gov)
To obtain blank forms please visit: www.in.gov/sos/elections/election-administrators-portal/election-forms.(www.in.gov/sos/elections/election-administrators-portal/election-forms)
Yes. For different ID requirements and options please visit: https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/photo-id-law.(https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voter-information/photo-id-law)
Yes. You do not have to vote in the Primary Election to vote in the General Election.
No. Once a voter has selected their political party choice the voter cannot select a different party. This applies in all ways a voter may vote, vote-by-mail, travel board, in-person early voting, or on Election Day at a polling location. (IC 3-10-1-24 and IC 3-11.5-4-2)
Yes, unless you want to vote for a public question only, when applicable. Otherwise, you must select either a Republican or Democratic ballot to vote for candidates who will be on the General Election ballot.
In Indiana, you do not register as a party. Your party affiliation is determined by which political party you selected in the last Primary Election in which you voted. You can change your party affiliation by selecting the opposite party in the next Primary Election.
No. In the State of Indiana we cast a secret ballot. You can choose to vote on all, none, or only specific candidates and questions provided on a ballot.
A straight party ticket is a single ballot option that allows voters to choose all candidates from a single political party with one action, such as checking a single box. It is intended as a convenience for voters and is sometimes referred to as straight-party voting.
• Automatic selection: By choosing the straight party option, a voter automatically casts a vote for every candidate on the ballot affiliated with that party, except for: To vote for any candidate for: (A) an at-large office to which more than one person may be elected (county council, city common council, town council, or township board if those offices appear on the ballot) or (B) a school board office. Your straight party vote will not count as a vote for any candidate for those offices. You must make another voting mark for each of those candidates you wish to vote for.
• Split-ticket voting: Voters are still permitted to override their straight-party choice for specific offices. This is known as "splitting the ticket." If a voter selects the straight-party option but then individually chooses a candidate from a different party for a specific office, their vote for that individual candidate is counted.
The County Election Board will post results on the county website on election night. Please visit our Election Results page (https://www.madisoncounty.in.gov/election-results)for results.
If you think your voting rights have been violated please contact the Madison County Election Board, 765-641-9459 or voterservices@madisoncounty.in.gov, Indiana Election Division 1-800-622-4941, Federal Department of Justice 1-800-252-3931, or the Indiana State Police 317-232-8248.
Election Security
Madison County and the State of Indiana employ recommendations from security experts and have done so for many years. Independent testing and physical security are some of the strategies used to ensure accurate results. We perform acceptance, logic and accuracy testing prior to every election. We require and document bi-partisan representation during voting machine operations and tabulation. We work with our partners to continue to evolve as new technology and threats become apparent.
No. The voting machines and the tabulation equipment are not connected to the internet or any other network.
Yes. Each voter has a single active record in the Statewide Voter Registration System database. When a ballot is received, it is recorded in that voter’s record. If the voter attempts to vote an additional time, the system warns the election official that a ballot has already been returned or
cast for that voter. Election workers will follow up, and report attempts to the County Election Board, who may report to the Prosecuting Attorney if further investigation is warranted.
Voting by vote-by-mail absentee ballot is a secure way to vote. No ballot is prepared for a voter unless an approved application has been processed by a bi-partisan team of election workers. Ballots and return envelopes are prepared for each absentee voter and have a unique barcode which identifies the voter the ballot was prepared for. The voter’s signature on the outside of the return envelope is matched to the voter’s signature on file when the ballot is returned. Ballots are not counted if they are not prepared on the proper type of ballot paper or do not include specific technical markings. Voters can also deliver their ballot directly to the Election Office in person if they are concerned about delivery by the Post Office.
Guard against disinformation. Keep a healthy skepticism whenever you are looking at information on the internet. Consider the source of the information. Consider why something might be posted online and who stands to gain from the information. Contact trusted sources to vet information before sharing. If you ever question any information that you have seen or heard and want
clarification, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Madison County Election Board, 765-641-9459, voterservices@madisoncounty.in.gov, or the Indiana Election Division, 1-800-622-4941, elections@iec.in.gov.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Madison County Election Office at 765-641-9459 or email voterservices@madisoncounty.in.gov.
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