State accepts Decatur County vote center adoption

DECATUR COUNTY, IN — Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan has accepted Decatur County’s plan to become a vote center county.

“I am proud to see another Indiana county offer choice and flexibility to voters by adopting vote centers. People in Decatur County will no longer have to ask, ‘Where is my polling location?’ because this plan will allow voters to cast a ballot at any vote center in the county,” Sullivan said. “Thanks to the hard work and leadership of Clerk Adina Roberts and the Decatur County Election Board.”

A vote center is a polling location where any eligible voter in the county may cast a ballot.

According to Sullivan, vote centers can reduce costs for counties, increase turnout, provide local election officials more flexibility, and improve overall convenience for voters.

Decatur County will have 11 vote center locations across the county for voters to use on Election Day, starting during the 2022 Primary Election.

It’s the second county in the WRBI listening area to use vote centers; Dearborn County adopted the model in 2019.

Fifty-six Indiana counties now use the vote center model.

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