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:
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.
