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Vigo County Election BoardSep 10, 2026

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Vigo County Election Board · Sep 10, 2026
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  1. 0:00:00 — open the recording at 0 secondsSpeaker 3 (chair) President of the Board. I'm Leanna Moore, Secretary. John Nicholas, Board Member. Gretchen Etley, Board Member. Terry Modisett, County Attorney. Okay. Agenda's heard of light, but let's go through an old business approval of the meeting of June 15th. Minutes. I make a motion we approve those. Minutes. Do we have a second? A second. Okay, move and second. All in favor, say aye. I approve the new business the resolution to amend the vote center plan and you want to give us a little background sure we are here today to

  2. 0:00:45 — open the recording at 45 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) amend the vote center plan the plan to have Meadows as a week-long voting

  3. 0:00:55 — open the recording at 55 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) Center may not be available. So we have the resolution says this matter comes before the Vigo County Election Board hereafter the board meeting held on September 10th, 2026. The board after considering the information presented finds as follows. The board adopted a vote center plan at the meeting held

  4. Highlight drawn from this moment: Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

    0:01:21 — open the recording at 1 minute 21 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) January 30th, 2026. In the adopted plan, Meadows Shopping Center was included as an early voting center to open on October 27th, 2026. The board has been made aware of issues outside of its

  5. 0:01:37 — open the recording at 1 minute 37 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) control regarding the safe and effective use of the Meadows Shopping Center. After diligent search,

  6. 0:01:44 — open the recording at 1 minute 44 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) and the Vigo County Clerk's Office is unable to find a location that could accommodate as an early voting center. IC Code 3-11-18.1-15 provides that a county election board may adopt an amendment to the vote center plan. the Beagle County Clerk's Office was able to obtain an Election Day only vote

  7. Highlight drawn from this moment: Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

    0:02:13 — open the recording at 2 minutes 13 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) center at Woodrow Wilson Middle School so that is what we're here today to vote on it is only going to be Election Day but it is in the same vicinity area so people that are used to going to the meadows will just be able to go right there across the street we will have signage and verbiage to accommodate

  8. 0:02:43 — open the recording at 2 minutes 43 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) because I'm sure there's still going to be folks that want to go to the meadows and unfortunately we have been unable to find another location close to there

  9. 0:02:57 — open the recording at 2 minutes 57 secondsSpeaker 26 that would accommodate. Do we know what percentage of the Meadows voters voted

  10. 0:03:04 — open the recording at 3 minutes 4 secondsSpeaker 30 not on Election Day prior? I'm not sure we don't have those numbers handy.

  11. 0:03:13 — open the recording at 3 minutes 13 secondsSpeaker 3 (chair) Meadows always had a fairly high number total. Yes they were always really busy.

  12. 0:03:18 — open the recording at 3 minutes 18 secondsSpeaker 32 Yeah they were one of our busiest vote centers. Wilson will take care of it on

  13. 0:03:24 — open the recording at 3 minutes 24 secondsSpeaker 3 (chair) election day I'm not worried about that I'm just thinking about all the people

  14. 0:03:26 — open the recording at 3 minutes 26 secondsSpeaker 34 who voted early early I think there will be other votes if I could the clerk's

  15. Highlight drawn from this moment: Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

    0:03:32 — open the recording at 3 minutes 32 secondsSpeaker 2 (board member) office contacted me about this situation I mean numerous attempts were made to contact Meadows no response and then of course you know watching TV and reading the media accounts where trash isn't being taken out out there some utilities aren't being paid and different various things that the concern was that we could still leave it there and then not be people couldn't get in or we wouldn't have utilities or anything else so the question became are we going to act now while we still have a little bit of time

  16. 0:04:05 — open the recording at 4 minutes 5 secondsSpeaker 2 (board member) or are we just gonna could end up being a catastrophe here so that's kind of what happened i mean several attempts were made like i said nobody would contact us back no one would respond period so it didn't sound good at all

  17. 0:04:22 — open the recording at 4 minutes 22 secondsSpeaker 39 any other discussion on this yeah I was there the other day and it was there's

  18. 0:04:27 — open the recording at 4 minutes 27 secondsSpeaker 42 like no air conditioning I don't think you could have people working there all day election workers

  19. 0:04:37 — open the recording at 4 minutes 37 secondsSpeaker 47 (board member) I don't know what's gonna happen I mean with the trash issue and all that we're

  20. 0:04:40 — open the recording at 4 minutes 40 secondsSpeaker 2 (board member) all familiar with the Board of Health I don't know what's coming down of whether it's going to be open when we start early voting or not. So just too much uncertainty.

  21. Highlight drawn from this moment: Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

    0:04:52 — open the recording at 4 minutes 52 secondsSpeaker 50 They're also in bankruptcy. There's nobody you can even talk to.

  22. 0:04:56 — open the recording at 4 minutes 56 secondsSpeaker 53 So that's probably why we haven't been notified.

  23. Highlight drawn from this moment: Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

    0:05:03 — open the recording at 5 minutes 3 secondsSpeaker 56 (staff) And I was able to pull up those numbers from the primary too if you want those. So early voting the Meadows had 1,191 voters check in and vote but they were just a seven-day vote center and then on election day they had 1,458 voters show up to vote.

  24. 0:05:26 — open the recording at 5 minutes 26 secondsSpeaker 2 (board member) And you know just for the record I don't think anybody wants this I know I know I'm a candidate I mean we all want more voters and no one wants to have to deal with this or have to change this but I don't think we really have much choice

  25. 0:05:39 — open the recording at 5 minutes 39 secondsSpeaker 47 (board member) is what the clerk's office determined. They wanted to confirm that with me. Any other discussion?

  26. 0:05:47 — open the recording at 5 minutes 47 secondsSpeaker 69 No.

  27. 0:05:49 — open the recording at 5 minutes 49 secondsSpeaker 7 (board member) I have a question. Will the same machines be over at Wilson on Election Day that would be at a normal vote center?

  28. Highlight drawn from this moment: Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

    0:06:05 — open the recording at 6 minutes 5 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) If you'll see, I provided a copy of the layout plan that I sketched up for the Woodrow Wilson location. The space does allow for the exact amount of machines that we were previously using at the Meadows Vote Center

  29. 0:06:20 — open the recording at 6 minutes 20 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) and with the potential for even adding further machines if we continue to use this location in the future. We can make it even larger.

  30. 0:06:29 — open the recording at 6 minutes 29 secondsSpeaker 79 Okay. Can the people going there park in the Meadows lot to vote across the street?

  31. 0:06:37 — open the recording at 6 minutes 37 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) They can park pretty much anywhere that they want. Where this area is located within the school, at the entrance, right outside the entrance,

  32. 0:06:46 — open the recording at 6 minutes 46 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) is the bus parking lot that the administration said that we could utilize as parking on Election Day. So it's right near the door.

  33. 0:06:56 — open the recording at 6 minutes 56 secondsSpeaker 81 Is the school open on Election Day? No.

  34. 0:07:00 — open the recording at 7 minutesSpeaker 86 I'll entertain a motion to accept Woodrow Wilson.

  35. 0:07:17 — open the recording at 7 minutes 17 secondsSpeaker 89 If anyone wants to make it.

  36. 0:07:18 — open the recording at 7 minutes 18 secondsSpeaker 23 I will make a motion that we approve the new resolution 2026-04 amendment of the vote center plan.

  37. Highlight drawn from this moment: Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

    0:07:28 — open the recording at 7 minutes 28 secondsSpeaker 93 (board member) I will second it. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed?

  38. 0:07:34 — open the recording at 7 minutes 34 secondsSpeaker 3 (chair) Passes unanimously. Okay. Now Wilson's already agreed to this, so they don't need any further notification, right?

  39. 0:07:42 — open the recording at 7 minutes 42 secondsSpeaker 97 Right. Very good.

  40. 0:07:44 — open the recording at 7 minutes 44 secondsSpeaker 98 All righty. That takes care of that.

  41. 0:07:46 — open the recording at 7 minutes 46 secondsSpeaker 99 What else do we have on new business?

  42. 0:07:48 — open the recording at 7 minutes 48 secondsSpeaker 47 (board member) And Leanna, do we have something in writing signed by the school corporation then from Woodward Wilson?

  43. 0:07:54 — open the recording at 7 minutes 54 secondsSpeaker 102 Did we get something in writing?

  44. 0:07:55 — open the recording at 7 minutes 55 secondsLeanna Moore (staff) Not as of yet. I told them that we were still kind of in the in-between phases of this, that it had to be approved by the board and the IEC. And then once everything was through, I'm going to reach out further to get an agreement on the table. Right.

  45. 0:08:11 — open the recording at 8 minutes 11 secondsSpeaker 106 (staff) And they had previously approved all the schools. Okay. Yeah.

  46. 0:08:15 — open the recording at 8 minutes 15 secondsSpeaker 62 We just need to make sure we follow through and get something in writing

  47. 0:08:18 — open the recording at 8 minutes 18 secondsSpeaker 61 signed by them.

  48. 0:08:19 — open the recording at 8 minutes 19 secondsSpeaker 56 (staff) Yes. And I'll add to that also, the schools are required by law. If we want to use them as a vote center, they have to allow us to do that. but we'll make sure we get everything buttoned up.

  49. 0:08:30 — open the recording at 8 minutes 30 secondsSpeaker 111 Awesome.

  50. 0:08:36 — open the recording at 8 minutes 36 secondsSpeaker 77 (chair) Is there any other new business that you know of that's not on the agenda here?

  51. 0:08:40 — open the recording at 8 minutes 40 secondsSpeaker 115 I don't think so.

  52. 0:08:43 — open the recording at 8 minutes 43 secondsSpeaker 118 Okay.

  53. 0:08:45 — open the recording at 8 minutes 45 secondsSpeaker 3 (chair) Well, one thing I'd like to note, since I just found out about it today, our beloved Leanna is retiring. It was something I said, I'm sure.

  54. 0:08:56 — open the recording at 8 minutes 56 secondsSpeaker 26 but she's served in this facility for no longer than I have and I've been here a long time.

  55. 0:09:05 — open the recording at 9 minutes 5 secondsSpeaker 3 (chair) So I will entertain a motion to wish her well for her retirement.

  56. 0:09:13 — open the recording at 9 minutes 13 secondsSpeaker 121 I second that.

  57. 0:09:14 — open the recording at 9 minutes 14 secondsSpeaker 124 Okay. All in favor? Thank you. Thank you very much. I'm looking forward to it, yes.

  58. 0:09:21 — open the recording at 9 minutes 21 secondsSpeaker 86 We will miss you.

  59. 0:09:22 — open the recording at 9 minutes 22 secondsSpeaker 124 Thank you.

  60. 0:09:23 — open the recording at 9 minutes 23 secondsSpeaker 7 (board member) and your calm demeanor which at times was stretched but never broken.

  61. 0:09:31 — open the recording at 9 minutes 31 secondsSpeaker 128 Thank you. Okay.

  62. 0:09:34 — open the recording at 9 minutes 34 secondsSpeaker 7 (board member) Any other business? Mr. Madison, do you have any business for us? I don't believe so. Okay. Well, I will entertain a motion to adjourn. All in favor?

  63. 0:09:49 — open the recording at 9 minutes 49 secondsSpeaker 77 (chair) Aye. Okay. We stand adjourned at 1010 a.m.

  64. 0:09:57 — open the recording at 9 minutes 57 secondsSpeaker 134 Oh, gosh. My mask cleaned up here.

  65. 0:10:01 — open the recording at 10 minutes 1 secondSpeaker 137 This is cool. I'm glad that he did this. This was nice that he got that ready for us.

  66. 0:10:10 — open the recording at 10 minutes 10 secondsSpeaker 141 (staff) They're too blue. Although the voting machine is electricity. Yes, they are. So this is where they'll enter this.

  67. 0:10:21 — open the recording at 10 minutes 21 secondsSpeaker 147 in that hallway

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