Upcoming primary election to have major changes due to COVID 19

Upcoming primary election to have major changes due to COVID 19

The indiana state election board deciding on a few tweaks to the current system.the pandemic has pushed the indiana elections months behind schedule...and will change the way you vote.fox 55's chris mullooly has more.

Trt: with the covid 19 pandemic... most of our everday lives have changed.and now... allen county officials are getting ready to change up the way you'll be voting in these upcoming elections.biggest change is volume of people voting by mail and the time it takes to cuont the ballotsthe indiana state election division announced changes they were making to the june second primary...and here in allen county... officials are already seeing the changes.

This year theres a shortened period and its just going to be a period of 7 days if they want to vote earlythe big changes... early in person voting will only be for one week..

From may 26-th to june first...and now election boards can have more than one central county location.but thomas hardin with the allen county board says he still has some questionshow many early voting locations we're going to havewhich is why he has been pushing absentee ballots.

If a registered voter wants to vote by mail they fill a ballot sign it and return it hardin says the county has already received an overwhelming amount of applications for mail in ballots... and is expecting record numbers by the end.

Voters have until may 21 to submit an absentee ballott applicationbut hardin says there's a lot for the allen county election board to determine....before voters start to head to the polls.

Many people take pride in voting on election day and some still will but those spots are gonna change 3 spots are will but those and some still will but those spots are gonna change