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County officials review vote-center footprint and election-year costs
Summary
Clerk's office presented a detailed breakdown of costs for 22 vote centers and proposed shortening primary early-voting from two weeks to one week to lower expenses; councilors asked staff to explore right‑sizing locations and the timeline required by state rules to change centers.
President Schettler reopened the budget hearing and the clerk's office walked the Vanderburgh County Council through the elections budget, including the county's network of vote centers and early‑voting schedules. Clerk staff said the county currently budgets for 22 vote centers and is examining options to reduce costs in lower‑turnout primaries.
The clerk, identified in the hearing transcript as Dottie, said “There's 22,” when asked how many vote centers the county now plans for. She told the council the county had been allowed by the state to reduce early‑voting in primaries and “we're gonna do 1 week next year in the primary,” rather…
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