Register For May Primary Election By April 9th

If you want to vote in the May primary election you need to be registered by APRIL 9th at the County Clerk's Office at the Starke County Courthouse.

Register to vote online by visiting http://www.indianavoters.com/. Indiana residents with a valid Indiana driver’s license or Indiana state-issued identification card will be able to use this tool to submit a new voter registration application or to update an existing voter registration record.

In addition to registering to vote online, http://www.indianavoters.com/ provides Hoosiers with the ability to validate their voter registration status, find their polling place location, look into their provisional ballot status information, find county contact information, and determine “Who's on My Ballot?” for an upcoming election.

Starke Clerk’s Office Continues Preparations for Election Day

Posted on September 2, 2016
Author Tyler Maffitt, WKVI

Election Day may not be until November, but the Starke County Clerk’s office is busy preparing for ballots to be cast.

Clerk Vicki Cooley says there’s a misconception that all of the work happens in the weeks leading up to Election Day, but she says their offices are working year-round to complete an array of tasks.

“We have new mapping from the state and using these maps and our addressing system, we find that we do have a few people in the wrong precinct, and even in the wrong county,” says Cooley.

It has taken the clerk’s office some time to correct and properly organize the maps for walking lists – which are used by candidates and their staffs to identify registered voters in local communities.

The deadline to register to vote in Starke County and around the state is October 11th. Registering after the deadline will enable a resident to cast a ballot in future elections, but not in November 2016.

Cooley says right now, the challenge is updating their registration list.

“They come in from different sources,” says Cooley. “The Bureau of Motor Vehicles, they walk-in, they bring registrations, other offices, directly from the state. All of these have to be processed.”

The clerk’s office can help voters locate the proper precinct location and assure already registered voters of their status prior to Election Day.

Cooley says she is anticipating a relatively high voter turnout in November.