Senate bills that would have established closed primaries in Indiana and reduced the number of early voting days died on the Senate floor this week.

Two measures that likely would have reduced Indiana's nearly worst-in-the-nation voter turnout did not advance at the Senate, and likely are dead for the year.

A much-watered down version of a bill moving Indiana’s municipal elections passes the Indiana Senate. The bill would have originally moved all races for offices like mayor and city council to the same year as the race for president.

Here comes a series of bills filed by members of the Republican majority which has a significant negative impact on elections and local government.

Republican senators killed two flashy election proposals and significantly scaled back a third after letting the trio languish on the chamber’s daily calendar for more than two weeks.

Town elections would be held during presidential election years under downsized legislation that left the Senate Thursday in a tight vote, but without discussion.

"This idea came to me from a group of voters who would like to see a little more transparency for this part of the voting process," said state Sen. Dan

An Indiana bill would set up a commission to evaluate changing the state’s boundary with Illinois to welcome counties who have approved exploring seceding from the Land

Two Democratic amendments to a bill on various election matters were ruled out of order Tuesday, which Democratic House members called an abuse of power. Rep. Carolyn Jackson, D-Hammond, offered an amendment that would have allowed permanent absentee vote by mail status to elderly voters and disabled voters.

The Indiana GOP is again trying to reduce any real prospect Democrats might win more than a handful of gerrymandered seats.

The SAVE act, introduced last July, seems at a glance like a move to prevent election tampering. However, I urge you to read for yourself the fine print of this bill, HR 8281. All photo IDs we present at the voting booth would need to include our birthplaces,