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This is the third in a series of three blog posts to help educate IU School of Medicine learners about exercising their right to vote.

How to vote early in Indiana for IU School of Medicine learners

Vote button and confetti

Due to the nature of the medical student experience, learners have busy schedules during the week. Coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic and worries of long voting lines on election day and possible disease transmission, and suddenly early voting sounds like the best thing since ________________!

IU School of Medicine encourages all learners, faculty, and staff to utilize the benefits of early voting (also known as “Absentee in Person”)

Here are the details for each of the nine counties where IU School of Medicine has a campus. Non-Indiana voters should look up their county clerk/county election board’s website or secretary of state’s website for dates, times, and locations.

Overview

All Indiana counties offer early voting. You must early vote in the county you are registered in (i.e., Marion, Monroe, Hamilton, etc). In order to find the early voting sites, dates, and times for your county, visit your county Election Board website or call, or use the Indiana Voter Portal to view your voter profile, where your voter locations will be listed. Typically, early voting will be allowed at the county clerk’s office, but some larger counties may add additional sites closer to election day. For example, Marion County will have 6 additional early “IndyVOTES Centers”.

What You Need to Vote

Review page 6 of the IUSM Voter Guide to see the laws around what type of identification card you can use as a state ID. For example, your Crimson Card is a state ID (but the name on the ID must conform to your legal name). Page 7 of the IUSM Voter Guide outlines additional documents you may need to if you are (1) a first time voter in Indiana, and (2) voted by mail.

Where and When to Vote:

A list of early voting locations are located in below and in a PDF document.

Bloomington – Monroe County

Location: 401 W 7th Street, Suite 100 Bloomington, IN  47404

  • October 6 - October 9 |8 am - 6 pm
  • October 12 - October 16 |8 am - 6 pm
  • October 19 - October 23 | 8 am - 6 pm
  • October 24 |9 am - 4 pm
  • October 26 - October 30 |8 am - 6 pm
  • October 31| 9 am - 4 pm
  • November 2|8 am - noon

 

Evansville – Vanderburgh County

  • Early Voting locations, dates, and hours are listed on this website.

 

Fort Wayne – Allen County

Location: Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell, Expo IV

  • Beginning Tuesday, October 6, Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30PM
  • Saturday, October 24, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, October 31, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Monday, November 2, 8:00 AM – Noon

SATELLITE LOCATIONS BEGIN OCTOBER 26

  • Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, October 31, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Locations Include:
    • Indiana Wesleyan University, 8211 W Jefferson
    • Public Safety Academy, 7602 Patriot Crossing
    • Rousseau Centre, 1 East Main
    • Salomon Farm Park, 817 W Dupont Rd

 

Indianapolis – Marion County

Early Voting in the City-County Building. Location: 200 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Suite W122

  • Weekdays: Tuesday, October 6 through Friday, October 23: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Weekend: Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Weekdays: Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
  • Weekend: Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Last Day: Monday, November 2: 8:00 AM – Noon

Satellite Voting Hours

  • Weekend: Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Weekday: Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
  • Weekend: Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Locations:
    • Krannert Park Community Center
    • Lawrence Township Education and Community Center
    • Perry Township Government Center
    • St. Luke's United Methodist Church
    • Warren Township Government Center

Muncie – Delaware County

Note: This county does not have their early voting information up on their website yet. However, all registered Indiana voters are eligible to vote early in-person at the county clerk’s office. Contact the County Clerk’s office to confirm locations and hours for early voting. Or, visit indianavoters.com to view your county’s absentee-in-person or “early voting” dates, times, and locations.

  • Rick Spangler, Clerk
  • 100 W Main St Muncie, IN 47305
  • Phone: (765) 747-7726
  • Email: rspangler@co.delaware.in.us

 

South Bend – St. Joseph County

Absentee is opened 28 days before the Primary or General Elections. Offices are open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except for holidays. The offices are also open two Saturdays before Election Day. Absentee voting ends at noon the day before (Monday) an election day.

  • South Bend Location: Lobby of the County City Building, 227 W Jefferson Boulevard
  • Mishawaka Location: Lobby of the County Services Annex, 219 Lincoln Way West

 

Terre Haute – Vigo County

State law requires counties to make in-person absentee voting available for 28-days before the election, ending a noon (local prevailing time), the date before the election. In addition, all Indiana counties must make in-person absentee voting available the two Saturdays immediately before the election. Contact the Clerk of Courts for confirmed locations. Or, visit indianavoters.com to view your county’s absentee-in-person or “early voting” dates, times, and locations.


West Lafayette – Tippecanoe County

Multiple dates and locations, so please go directly to their website.

Gary – Lake County

Multiple dates and locations, so please go directly to their website.

Questions?

The IU School of  Medicine Voter Guide has answers to all the elections questions you may have.Want to ask someone directly? IUPUI has an Instagram ‘voter hotline’ that any IUSM learner can use. Visit them at @iupuijagsvote. You can also call your county election board.

 

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Niki Messmore

Niki Messmore, M.S.Ed, is the Director of Medical Service Learning with over 16 years of professional experience in nonprofits and higher education. Her work is centered around connecting medical students to each other and to their communities. She has oversight of service learning programs, directs the IUSM AmeriCorps program, supports student activities, manages the Common Read Experience, and much more. Niki has been recognized at a national and local level for her work in student affairs, awarded over $600,000 in grant funding during her IU tenure, and has extensively presented her work through conferences and publications.

The views expressed in this content represent the perspective and opinions of the author and may or may not represent the position of Indiana University School of Medicine.