Overview

• Republican appointee Ray Adler voted no on Sept. 18, while Clerk Kathy Kreag Williams and Democratic appointee Greg Purvis voted yes, preventing unanimous Election Board approval.
• Hamilton County will run the 2026 primary and general elections with precinct sites and must secure locations for 15 new precincts, bringing the total to 235.
• County Commissioners and all seven County Council members had unanimously backed the transition, following a survey showing 60% support and 10% indifference to vote centers.
• Adler urged waiting to observe Allen County’s newly approved rollout, saying the county should avoid treating a major voting change as an experiment.
• Sixty-eight of Indiana’s 92 counties use vote centers; Hamilton County’s rejected plan would have consolidated to 57 locations for countywide voting.