Vote in
Indiana
Pick a different stateRegister by October 5
The deadline has passed. Ask Indiana what you can still do.
Facts · Read Oct 26Check you are registered. If you are not, do it now.
Go to Indiana registration →Vote early October 6 to November 2
Open now
Today is the last day.
Tuesday, October 6 through noon (local prevailing time) on Monday, November 2, 2026, at your circuit court clerk’s office or a satellite office. Every county must also offer early voting on Saturdays October 24 and October 31. Find your county’s dates, times and locations at indianavoters.in.gov.
Pick your day
Early voting is the real date. Same ballot, shorter line, and if something is wrong with your registration you still have days to fix it.
Facts · Read Oct 26Election Day, November 3. Last resort.
Where to vote
Find your polling placeThe state says indianavoters.in.gov lets you find your polling place location.Read October 26, 2026 from Indiana Election Division.
Registered at home but living somewhere else?What Indiana says to do when the address you are registered at is not the address you live at.
We have not confirmed Indiana’s rule for this from an official source yet, so we are not printing one. Check which address you are registered at, then ask that county election office what to do.
All the datesRegistering online, by mail and in person, checking your registration, your polling place, and when polls close in Indiana.
Register by
Monday, October 5, 2026: close of business at your voter registration office, or midnight online. Mailed applications must be postmarked by October 5.
Facts · Read Oct 26Register online
By midnight on Monday, October 5, 2026, at indianavoters.in.gov. You need a valid Indiana driver’s license or Indiana state-issued identification card to register online.
Facts · Read Oct 26Register by mail
Postmarked on or before Monday, October 5, 2026. Use only the current state form (VRG-7), the county form (VRG-11) published on the state site, or the federal form.
Facts · Read Oct 26Register in person
By close of business on Monday, October 5, 2026, at your county voter registration office or clerk’s office. Indiana has no same-day registration.
Facts · Read Oct 26Check you are registered
Check your registration and polling place at any time at indianavoters.in.gov, or call 1-866-IN-1-VOTE.
Facts · Read Oct 26Early, in person
Tuesday, October 6 through noon (local prevailing time) on Monday, November 2, 2026, at your circuit court clerk’s office or a satellite office. Every county must also offer early voting on Saturdays October 24 and October 31. Find your county’s dates, times and locations at indianavoters.in.gov.
Facts · Read Oct 26Find your polling place
The state says indianavoters.in.gov lets you find your polling place location.
Facts · Read Oct 26Polls close
Polls are open 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. prevailing local time. Indiana spans Eastern and Central time, so closing is 6:00 p.m. in your own county’s time.
Facts · Read Oct 26What to bringThe ID Indiana accepts, and what to do if you do not have one.
ID your state accepts
- An Indiana driver's license
- Indiana photo ID card
- Military ID
- U.S. Passport
- Another ID that shows your photo and name, is issued by the State of Indiana or the U.S. government, and is current or expired after November 5, 2024
Since July 1, 2025, a student ID or other document from a school or university is not accepted.
Facts · Read Oct 26If you do not have one
Carry a second document
- A state-issued ID where the address matches your registration
- A bank statement
- A utility bill
- A government document
Only for a first-time Indiana voter who registered by mail and has not yet given proof of residency; the address must match your registration.
Facts · Read Oct 26Make the plan
Three taps. No account. It stays on this phone.
Roll Call
Lock your date, bring your people, and see how your side is doing.
Who runs your election
The Indiana Election Division administers elections in Indiana. Your county or parish election office runs the polling places, counts the ballots, and answers questions about your own ballot. They are the people to call, and the ones whose answer is final.
Statewide offices are the ones every voter in Indiana votes on, and every ballot counts the same from any precinct in the state. District seats are drawn on a map, so where you live decides which of those you vote on.
Some years a ballot also asks voters to change the rules of voting itself. Those questions tend to cover:
- what counts as ID at the polls or with a mail ballot
- how early voting and mail voting work, and by when
- how districts get drawn and who draws them
- how the election office itself is run and funded
We do not tell you what is on your ballot or what to make of it. Your sample ballot carries the official wording, written by the state. Read it at the Indiana Election Division.
Mail, honestlyVoting by mail works. It also has rules, and the rules are where ballots get lost.
Your dates are above: when to ask for the ballot, when it has to be back, what happens if a signature is questioned.
- Sign exactly the way you signed when you registered.
- Send it back early, not on the last day.
- Would rather not trust the mail? Check the early in-person window above and go in person.
Ask for your ballot by
Received, not postmarked: the clerk must have your application by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2026. Indiana mail voting requires a listed reason, such as being 65 or older, having a disability, or expecting to be away from your county all 12 hours the polls are open.
Facts · Read Oct 26It has to be back by
Received, not postmarked: county election officials must have your ballot by 6:00 p.m. local prevailing time on Election Day. A postmark does not save a late ballot.
Facts · Read Oct 26Track your ballot
Checking. We have not found the Indiana Election Division naming a specific mail ballot tracking tool, so we print nothing yet. Ask your state election office.
If your signature is questioned
The lineIf the line is long, that is not a reason to leave. It is a reason to stay.
Bring water. Bring a charger. Bring a chair if you can carry one, a book, and a friend. Check your bag rules with your county first. If you are in line when the polls close, stay in line: your state decides what happens next, and every state page here prints its own rule in its own words.
- Water
- A charger
- A chair if you can
- Something to read
- A friend
If you are in line when polls close in Indiana
From the Indiana Voter's Bill of Rights.
Facts · Read Oct 26Time off to vote
Checking. We have not found the Indiana Election Division stating a time off to vote rule on a voter page, so we print nothing yet. Ask your state election office.
Your rightsA provisional ballot, help if you need it, and the number to call from the line.
You can vote a provisional ballot
If your name is not on the list, or you do not have what they ask for, ask for a provisional ballot. In a federal election you have the right to cast one. Ask what you must do afterwards for it to count, and write it down.
You can bring someone to help
You can bring a person of your choice to help you vote, with limits your state sets on who it cannot be. Ask the poll worker for the rule in writing.
Language and disability assistance
Polling places must be accessible, and many places must provide help in other languages. Ask for the accessible machine, the curbside option, or the language help you need.
If someone tries to move you off your vote
Questions about your citizenship, a crowd following you in, someone filming you at the door, a person telling you that you cannot vote: none of that decides your vote. Do not leave the line. Call the hotline from where you stand.
Sources: the Indiana Election Division, and the Election Protection coalition for the hotlines below.
Call from the line
If anyone tells you that you cannot vote, or you are turned away, or something feels wrong: do not leave. Call.
- 866-OUR-VOTE866-687-8683 · English
- 888-VE-Y-VOTA888-839-8682 · Spanish and English
- 888-API-VOTE888-274-8683 · Asian languages and English
- 844-YALLA-US844-925-5287 · Arabic and English
Election Protection, administered by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Numbers confirmed against their own site on September 19, 2026.
Your state election office is the final word. We print what its own pages say, with the date we read them.
Read on October 26, 2026 from your state election office, checked by AI against the Indiana Election Division pages. Indiana Election Division is the final word. See something wrong? Report it.