What to know before you go vote Tuesday in Johnson County

Voters can make their voices heard on what their city’s or town’s future should be Tuesday.

From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Election Day, voters will cast ballots to select candidates who will hold office for the next four years in every single Johnson County city and town — Bargersville, Edinburgh, Franklin, Greenwood, New Whiteland, Prince’s Lakes, Trafalgar and Whiteland. Only registered voters who live within city or town limits can vote in the municipal election, meaning unincorporated Johnson County residents are not eligible to vote in this election.

A total of 81,038 Johnson County residents who live in municipalities are registered and eligible to vote in Tuesday’s municipal election. For this election, 2,790 people cast their vote through in-person early voting by close of early voting at noon Monday, according to Johnson County Voter Registration.

Municipal elections such as this one traditionally have lower voter turnout, so only 110 poll workers were needed this fall. During the 2019 municipal election, only 4,089 people voted, according to the voter registration office.

For voters in Bargersville, Edinburgh, Greenwood, Prince’s Lakes and Whiteland, there are contested races for city and town councils on the ballot.

In Greenwood, city council District 3 Republican incumbent Michael Williams is facing Democrat Manjit Nagra. Also, District 4 Democratic candidate Nathan Cardenas is facing Republican candidate Teri Manship.

For city council at-large, six candidates are seeking three seats. Vying for the seats are Republicans Mike Campbell and Erin Betron, who are incumbents, and Steve Moan; Democrats Rachel Matthews and Charrie Staumbaugh; and Libertarian James Sceniak.

Bargersville voters only have one contested race — town council at-large. Republican incumbents Ruth Ann Moore, Susie Qualls and James Rumell II, along with Democrat Blythe Potter, are vying for the council’s three at-large seats. Voters in Edinburgh are in a similar situation, as Republicans Miriam Rooks and Jeff Simpson, who are incumbents, and Sherri Sweet, along with Independent Michael Bryant, are seeking the council’s three at-large seats.

Whiteland voters will have to choose between three candidates for two at-large town council seats. Seeking the seats are Republican incumbents Richard Hill and Joe Sayler, and Democrat Jacquelyn (Jaylen) Marie Withem.

Voters in Prince’s Lakes can choose between six candidates for five at-large seats. Republicans incumbents, Greg Nelson and Bryan Tearman; Republicans Charlie Bourne, Kevin Harrison and Lindsey Kelly; and Independent Catherine Gleason are vying for the seats.

The rest of the offices on voter’s ballots are uncontested. This includes Franklin and Greenwood mayor, Greenwood city clerk, all clerk-treasurers, the Franklin City Council, town councils for New Whiteland and Trafalgar, and all other numbered city council districts for Greenwood and Whiteland.

A total of 15 vote centers will open in churches, libraries and government buildings across the county. Johnson County voters can use any vote center in the county.

Voters will see modified voting machines, which are now placed in new, larger cases that contain the machines and verified paper audit trail systems, or VVPATs. The change is designed to make it simpler for poll workers to assemble them at voting centers, county clerk Trena McLaughlin previously said.

Voters must remember to bring their state-issued driver’s license or ID, or another form of acceptable identification. These other forms include passports, military IDs or an ID from a state-funded college, according to the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles locations will be open to issue a voter ID for anyone who doesn’t have one, according to the agency. The BMV will have extended hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

WHERE TO VOTE

Here is a look at approved Johnson County Election Day vote centers. Voters can vote from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday:

» Mt. Auburn Church, 3100 W. Stones Crossing Road, Greenwood

» White River Public Library, 1664 Library Boulevard, Greenwood

» Community Church of Greenwood (Main Entrance Foyer), 1477 W. Main St., Greenwood

» Greenwood Christian Church, 2045 Averitt Road, Greenwood

» Greenwood Public Library (East Door), 310 S. Meridian St., Greenwood

» Greenwood Bible Baptist Church, 1461 Sheek Road, Greenwood

» Grace Assembly of God, 6822 N. U.S. Highway 31, New Whiteland

» Clark Pleasant Public Library, 350 Clearwater Boulevard, Whiteland

» Bargersville Town Hall, 24 N. Main St., Bargersville

» Franklin Community Center, 396 Branigin Boulevard/State St., Franklin

» Grace United Methodist Church, 1300 E. Adams Drive, Franklin

» Trafalgar Public Library, 424 S. Tower St., Trafalgar

» Princes Lakes Town Hall, 14 E. Lakeview Drive, Nineveh

» John R. Drybread Community Center, 100 E. Main Cross St., Edinburgh

» Scott Hall, Johnson County Fairgrounds, 250 Fairground St., Franklin

Source: Johnson County Voter Registration

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