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Vanderburgh County officials weigh cutting vote centers, brace for higher election mail costs
Summary
County clerk and council members discussed trimming vote centers for lower turnout primaries, state rules tying primary and general locations, and new state DMV and proof-of-citizenship requirements that raised printing and postage costs.
Vanderburgh County council members and the county clerk discussed possible reductions to the number of vote centers for next year's primary and changes to election-related printing and postage costs during a budget hearing.
The discussion matters because the county pays to staff and rent each vote center, and new state rules are increasing election office printing and postage costs.
Clerk Dottie told the council the county currently operates 22 vote centers and that the election office is breaking out expenses for each site so the council can see where money is spent. She said the office plans to reduce early voting in the primary to one week next year (from two), which could lower costs but would not change the requirement that primary vote centers match general-election locations.
"There's 22," Dottie said when asked how many vote…
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