Primary election day in Indiana is Tuesday, June 2.
Registration deadline
If you haven’t registered to vote yet, it’s too late to vote in the primary. You’ll get another chance to register for the November general election after the primary ends.
Check your registration status at https://indianavoters.in.gov or call the Brown County clerk’s office at 812-988-5510.
Where to vote
Because of COVID-19 and recommendations for social distancing, the Brown County Election Board decided last month to move all polling places for the primary into school buildings. Check this list to see where you should go now versus where you’re used to going.
Hamblen 1 (H1)
WAS: Sprunica Baptist Church, 3902 Sprunica Road
NOW: Brown County High School, 235 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Hamblen 2 (H2)
WAS: Hickory Ridge Community Center, 2314 Hickory Ridge Lane
NOW: Brown County High School, 235 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Hamblen 3 (H3)
WAS: Church of the Lakes, 8844 Nineveh Road
NOW: Brown County High School, 235 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Jackson 1 and 2 (J1, J2)
WAS: Fruitdale Volunteer Fire Department, 5200 State Road 135 North (Bean Blossom)
NOW: Brown County High School, 235 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Jackson 3 and 4 (J3, J4)
WAS: Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department, 4831 Helsmburg Road
NOW: Brown County High School, 235 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Van Buren (VB)
WAS: Southern Brown Volunteer Fire Department, 4040 State Road 135 South
NOW: Van Buren Elementary School, 4045 State Road 135 South (across the highway from the fire station)
Washington 1 (W1)
WAS: The Pentecostals, 60 Mt. Liberty Road (corner of Mt. Liberty and State Road 46 East) (This was a recent change; during the last election, this precinct voted at North Salem United Methodist Church near the county line.)
NOW: Brown County Intermediate School, 260 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Washington 2 (W2)
WAS: Parkview Church of the Nazarene, 1750 State Road 46 East
NOW: Brown County Intermediate School, 260 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Washington 3 (W3)
WAS: New Life Community Church, 1450 State Road 135 North
NOW: Brown County Intermediate School, 260 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Washington 4 (W4)
WAS: County Office Building, 201 N. Locust Lane
NOW: Brown County Intermediate School, 260 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
In-person absentee (AB)
WAS: Veterans Hall, 902 Deer Run Lane (lower level) (This was a recent change; for many years, it was in the lower level of the County Office Building.)
NOW: Brown County Intermediate School, 260 S. Schoolhouse Lane, Nashville
Not sure?
To check which precinct you live in and where you should go to vote, visit https://indianavoters.in.gov or call the Brown County clerk’s office at 812-988-5510.
Election day voting
Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 2. On election day, you must visit the polling place for the precinct in which you live to vote.
Absentee voting
Any registered voter in Indiana is eligible to vote absentee in this election. You can either vote absentee at home by mail or absentee in person before election day at Brown County Intermediate School.
Mail-in absentee ballots must be RECEIVED by noon Tuesday, June 2. Ballots can be hand-delivered to the clerk’s office (on the first floor of the courthouse), mailed, faxed or emailed. If you must hand-deliver a mail-in ballot on June 2, it must go to Brown County Intermediate School, as that’s where the clerk’s office will be set up on election day.
The location for in-person absentee voting has changed. It is now at in the gym at Brown County Intermediate School, 260 Schoolhouse Lane.
Starting this week, any Brown County voter can vote in-person absentee during the following dates and times:
Tuesday, May 26 to Saturday, May 30, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, June 1, 8 a.m. to noon
Identification requirements
All walk-in absentee and election day voters need to present a government-issued photo identification prior to voting. The ID must state the name of the voter; contain his or her photograph; have an expiration date and still be valid, or expired after Nov. 8, 2018; and be issued by Indiana or the United States government.
The traveling board
A bipartisan team will take a ballot to a person in a few circumstances:
the voter expects to be confined, due to illness or injury, or the voter expects to be caring for a confined person at a private residence, on election day; or
the voter has disabilities and believes their polling place is not accessible to them; or
the voter is physically unable to complete the ballot and sign the affidavit on their own.
The absentee voter board can visit people in one of those situations and help them with their ballot.
Voters voting by traveling board are not required to show photo ID.
For more information about absentee voting options, visit in.gov/sos/elections/2402.htm.
