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Elkhart County election board declines travel-board to South Bend, approves conditional emergency visit for evacuated voter

Elkhart County Election Board · May 5, 2026
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Summary

The board voted down a request to send a traveling board to a South Bend assisted-living resident but unanimously approved a conditional travel-board visit for an evacuated Elkhart County voter now in Mishawaka, provided staff can confirm location and availability before 4 p.m.

The Elkhart County Election Board on May 4 rejected a request to send a traveling board to South Bend for a voter who submitted a travel-board form to St. Joseph County, and separately approved a contingent travel-board visit for an evacuated voter temporarily in Mishawaka.

The meeting opened with the chair presenting a travel-board application from a man who signed a form on March 18 but had the form submitted to St. Joseph County. A board member noted the applicant is registered in Elkhart County but has been listed inactive after failing to respond to statewide mailings in 2023 and 2025. "He reached out to Saint Joseph County and…

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