Early voting hours for primary election announced

Early and absentee voting for the Monroe County primary election will begin April 8 at 401 W. Seventh St. and run until May 5.

Positions on the ballot include United States representative, state representative, circuit court judge, prosecuting attorney, circuit court clerk, county recorder, county sheriff, county assessor, county council member, township trustee and township advisory board member.

The deadline to register to vote or to transfer voter registration to Monroe County in order to be eligible to vote in this primary is April 7.

Early voting will end at noon May 4, and the primary election will take place May 6.
Anyone can vote early in person at the early polling location.

Residents must vote at their assigned polling locations May 6.

Another option is absentee voting, which is available to people who are older than 65, a voter with disabilities or their caretaker, a voter who feels their polling location is inaccessible, a voter who is scheduled to work the entire 12 hours the polls are open and voters who are election workers, according to co.monroe.in.us.

Absentee voters must fill out an absentee ballot application, which can be downloaded from in.gov/sos/elections. Absentee forms may be either delivered in person to 401 W. 6th St., Suite 100, faxed to 812-349-2610 or mailed to the Monroe County Election Board, P.O. Box 547, Bloomington, IN 47402.

A schedule for early voting follows.

April 8-11
8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

April 14-17
8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

April 21-25
8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

April 26
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 28- May 2
8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

May 3
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

May 5
8:30 a.m. to noon

Rebecca Kimberly

This story has been updated. A previous version listed an incorrect date for the last day of early voting.