
The Starke County Commissioners discussed remodeling the Clerk’s Office during their meeting last week.
Continue readingThe Starke County Commissioners discussed remodeling the Clerk’s Office during their meeting last week.
Continue readingThe Starke County Election Board members are looking to move an early satellite and Election Day voting site to another location.
Continue readingEvery county in the state will have a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine for every direct record electronic voting system, ensuring a paper record for all votes cast in the state by the 2024 General Election. The State Budget Committee previously approved the allocation of $12.3 million for the purchase of the machines for every county.
Continue readingDennis Fornelli filed an appeal against the Starke County Election Board’s decision to remove him as a Republican candidate for Starke County Sheriff from the May Primary Ballot and that appeal was recently heard in La Porte Circuit Court.
Continue readingFour Starke County officials were among the hundreds who attended last week’s Association of Indiana Counties Annual Conference in Switzerland County.
Continue readingThose doing business with the Starke County Clerk’s Office will have to call ahead first.
Continue readingThe primary election is less than two weeks away, and voters have a few options when it comes to casting their ballots. In-person early voting starts next Tuesday.
Continue readingThe Starke County Election Board is trying to figure out the best ways to make sure residents know their updated voting location for the June 2 primary.
Continue readingThe Starke County Election Board has adjusted its early voting schedule for the June primary, to bring it in line with the condensed schedule set by the state.
Continue readingThe COVID-19 pandemic has left plans for this year’s primary election still up in the air. The Starke County Election Board has come up with a plan to combine polling places due to the public health emergency. But Clerk Bernadette Welter-Manuel says she’s hesitant to publicize it, since there’s a chance the state may do away with in-person voting entirely for the primary and require residents to vote by mail.
Continue readingHarrison Fields recently submitted his resignation as a member of the Starke County Election Board.
Continue readingThe Starke County Commissioners briefly discussed a request to hire a full-time person for the Starke County Clerk’s Office.
Continue readingThe Starke County Election Board’s authority to withhold its own pay is being questioned by one of its members. On Monday, the board voted two-to-one not to pay its members for 2020, if the board failed to approve a vote center plan to keep this year’s elections on-budget. Board Member Harrison Fields cast the opposing vote.
Continue readingVote centers will not be coming to Starke County in the near future. The vote center plan failed to get the required unanimous vote during the election board’s fourth attempt Wednesday.
Continue readingThe Starke County Election Board will make a fourth attempt at approving a vote center plan. It once again failed to get the required unanimous vote during a special meeting Monday. Board Member Harrison Fields again cast the opposing vote.
Continue readingStarke County Clerk Bernadette Welter Manuel updated the Starke County Election Board members Wednesday morning on topics related to elections in the state legislature.
Continue readingFor the second time, the proposed Vote Center Plan for Starke County failed to advance.
Continue readingTwo members of the North Judson Town Council asked the Starke County Council members to forgive a bill sent by the Clerk’s Office for costs for the 2019 Municipal General Election.
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