Election Coverage
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Indiana voters this November will choose from four candidates in the secretary of state race. The office oversees the state's elections, maintains state records, charters new businesses and more.
General Election
Monday, October 5, 2026- Deadline for voter registration- Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - Early voting begins
- Thursday, October 22, 2026 - Deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - General Election Day. Polls are open 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., prevailing local time.
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Indiana secretary of state candidates met Wednesday to debate key issues facing the office ahead of the general election November 3. -
The second secretary of state debate with Indiana’s four candidates is tonight at 7 p.m.
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WFIU/WTIU News reporter Clayton Baumgarth spoke with each candidate about affordability, health care, immigration, energy, agriculture and other issues facing the district. -
WFIU/WTIU News reporter Clayton Baumgarth spoke with each candidate about affordability, health care, immigration, energy, agriculture and other issues facing the district. -
WFIU/WTIU News reporter Clayton Baumgarth spoke with each candidate about affordability, health care, immigration, energy, agriculture and other issues facing the district. -
WFIU/WTIU News reporter Clayton Baumgarth spoke with each candidate about affordability, health care, immigration, energy, agriculture and other issues facing the district. -
Democrat Beau Bayh and Republican Max Engling each face controversies over campaign fundraising. -
And while the president claims most elections his party have lost have been rigged, studies have found it occurring between 0.0025 percent and 0.0003percent of the time. -
Indiana voters this November will get to vote on two public questions. -
Polling figures show Republican nominee Max Engling and Democrat Beau Bayh within a few percentage points of each other and far ahead of Lincoln Party candidate Greg Ballard and Libertarian Lauri Shillings. -
Marion County election officials approved a new protocol for poll workers if federal law enforcement agents appear at voting centers. -
Officials said structural issues keep the vote low in Indiana: no voting by mail, registration ending 29 days before an election and polls only open from 6 in the morning to 6 at night.
