by

Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

The deadline is April 8 for those who are not registered to vote and want to participate in the May 7 primary election. New voters may register at the county Government and Judicial Center or a license branch.

County Clerk Kathy Williams said last week that requests for absentee ballots are trickling in at the rate of about 10 per day. Early voting will be available again this year at satellite locations in Carmel, Fishers and Westfield beginning April 24 as well as at the county elections office.

Notices to nearly 40,000 voters go out April 12 advising of a change in their election day polling place. The majority of those affected are in Fishers.

The primary election will be for those voters within the city limits of Hamilton County’s eight cities and towns. There is no election this year for those in unincorporated areas of the county.

The County Election Board meets Friday, April 5 for approval of this year’s ballot and voting machines. Williams said that during the meeting the board may or may not consider a request from Democratic County Chairman Joe Weingarten to look into allegations of a financial offer allegedly being made to Carmel mayoral candidate Fred Glynn to drop out of the race.