Bills cutting short the early voting period and submitting the oaths of ballot counters to the election division passed out of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee Monday. The committee also heard a bill about school board elections,

The Indiana Senate Elections Committee voted to pass legislation that would close primary elections in the state.

Indiana lawmakers consider a bill to halve the early voting period, raising concerns about its impact on voter turnout and access.

The Senate elections committee took testimony on a bill to make school board elections partisan and require candidates to declare a party affiliation.

Sen. Gary Byrne, R-47, wants to reduce early to 14 days from the current 28 days before elections. Byrne said election clerks have told him that early voting centers are hard to staff for the full 28 days, especially during the first week or two of early voting.

The number of days of early, in-person voting in Indiana would be cut in half under legislation approved by a Senate committee Monday.

Proposals advancing at the Indiana Senate would cut the state's early voting period to 14 days and limit voter participation in primary elections.

Legislation authored by state Sen. Mike Gaskill proposes moving future municipal elections to even-numbered years.

Indiana mayors, city and town clerks and councilors would be elected in presidential election years under a bill approved by a Senate committee Monday.

Hoosier voters could see early in-person voting slashed from a month to two weeks under legislation moving to the Indiana Senate’s floor.

Elections for Indiana municipalities of at least 3,500 people currently take place in the odd-numbered years before presidential elections. Indiana mayors, city and town clerks and councilors ...

A Republican lawmaker wants to slash Hoosiers’ chances to vote early. Originally authored by Sen. Gary Byrne, who represents Washington and Harrison counties in southern Indiana, Senate Bill 284 seeks to half the early voting timeframe in Indiana.