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Elections office: voter-registration deadline and early-voting locations announced for May questions
Summary
The county elections office notified the council that voter registration for two May public questions is April 7 and early voting for the affected school corporation areas begins April 8 at three locations; the office also requested approval to reissue certain returned outstanding checks.
The Lake County elections office informed the council about upcoming voter-registration and early-voting dates connected to two public questions appearing on a May ballot and requested approval to reissue some outstanding checks.
Elections staff said voter registration for anyone who lives in Crown Point School Corporation (and another school corporation mentioned in the record) is scheduled for April 7. Early voting in the affected areas will begin April 8 at three locations. Elections staff also asked the council to approve issuing replacement payments for a set of outstanding 2022 checks that had been returned; the checks’ payees reported losing them and requested reissuance for amounts described by staff as small (one example cited roughly $300 in total outstanding checks). The elections office explained the returned checks were not the county’s error and asked for authorization to reissue payment.
Councilors asked administrative questions about how to track outstanding uncashed checks; county staff agreed to follow up. The transcript records the briefing and the administrative request but does not show a recorded final vote on the check reissuance during this session.
