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Elkhart County election board reviews dozens of provisional and absentee ballots; certification pending final entries
Summary
After a voter-by-voter review May 15, the Elkhart County Election Board accepted many absentee signature cures and provisional ballots tied to equipment or documentation fixes, rejected ballots where registration or ID deadlines were missed, and said final certification will follow completion of tally entry and the challenge window.
The Elkhart County Election Board on May 15 conducted a detailed, voter-by-voter review of provisional and absentee ballots from the May primary and approved many ballots cured through the state signature process while rejecting others that failed statutory requirements.
The meeting opened with a roll call and staff presentation of the provisional packet and the statewide system (SBS) workflows the office used to prepare each case. Chair (calling the meeting to order) told the board, “We are going to certify the 2026 primary election results,” contingent on staff finishing required data entry and the end of the challenge window.
Board members applied existing legal rules to individual cases. When a…
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