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La Porte County Election Board approves resolution allowing certain candidates or relatives to serve as poll workers, readies May 5 vote centers
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The La Porte County Election Board on April 20 adopted Resolution 2026-5 allowing candidates for delegate or precinct committee person, or their relatives, to serve as poll workers and confirmed vote-center hours, training sessions and early-voting turnout figures ahead of the May 5 election.
La Porte County Election Board members on April 20 voted to adopt Resolution 2026-5, a measure the board said permits people running for delegate or precinct committee person — and relatives of such candidates — to serve as election workers under the conditions outlined in the resolution.
Commissioner Connie Grammarosa presented the resolution and noted the practice has been used in prior years. "We can pass a run a resolution stating that if somebody is running for delegate or precinct committee person that they can work and or a relative of theirs could work," Grammarosa said. The board then voted to approve the resolution.
The board also reviewed early-voting turnout and finalized preparations for the May 5 election. Grammarosa reported the mobile voting unit had 165 votes, Michigan City returned 461 and La Porte had 492, for an early-voting total of 1,118. "Other than that, it's going pretty smooth," she said.
Officials confirmed polling hours for May 5 will be 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and listed vote-center locations on the county elections webpage. Clerk staff will run multiple poll-worker training sessions next week, including two sessions at Cool Spring Library and additional sessions at the county complex on April 29 and April 30 to accommodate different schedules.
Taylor, a clerk's office staff member who handles the uploads, told the board she had scanned reports through 3:58 p.m. on the previous Friday and expected scanned materials to be posted that afternoon. The board said it will use social media and its website to publicize vote-center locations and training times.
Board members also addressed equipment concerns raised during early voting. Commissioner Grammarosa reported recurring VVPAT paper jams at multiple early-voting locations and described traveling between sites to repair machines; members discussed training more staff to handle on-the-ground equipment issues on election day.
The resolution and operational preparations were approved by voice vote. Trainings are scheduled in the days leading up to May 5, and officials urged residents to consult the election website for locations and hours.
