Voter registration deadlines loom

Here are key dates for Indiana voters planning to register or cast ballots in May’s primary election:

• April 6: Voter registration deadline, by 4:30 p.m. in person at the Wayne County courthouse, 301 E. Main St., Richmond, or 11:59 p.m. online at indianavoters.com. A 17-year-old may register and vote in the primary if they’ll turn 18 by the November election.
• April 23: Deadline to apply for an absentee ballot by mail. Voters must complete an ABS-Mail application form and ensure it’s received by that date at their county voter registration office. Applications received after the deadline, even if it’s postmarked before that date, can’t be processed. Ballots can be requested by calling 765-973-9304, emailing voters@waynecounty.in.gov or downloading the form at indianavoters.in.gov/MVPHome/PrintDocuments.

To cast a ballot by mail, voters must meet one of 12 qualifications including factors like being 65 or older, having a disability, caring for a confined individual, working for the full 12 hours the polls are open or lacking transportation.

• May 4: By noon, the county clerk’s office must receive absentee ballot applications from confined voters or voters caring for a confined person requesting delivery of a ballot by an absentee voter board. Applications may be submitted by mail, fax, email, online at indianavoters.com or in person.