Floyd County Election Board Faces Scrutiny Over Missing Commissioner Race on Early Ballots
Hundreds of early voters in Floyd County, Indiana, may need to return to the polls after a significant error left the District 1 commissioner race off their ballots. Early voting commenced on Tuesday across Indiana, but the race between incumbent Republican Al Knable and Democratic challenger Ellen Morrison Kelly was omitted from voting machines in some locations. According to Kelly, a Democratic representative on the county election board discovered that approximately 300 voters were affected during the first three days of early voting. The exact number of impacted voters remains unconfirmed. Both candidates have expressed concerns, with Kelly emphasizing the need to notify affected voters to allow them to cast their vote in the commissioner race, and Knable questioning how many will actually return to rectify the error. The cause of the mistake and why it was not identified before early voting began are currently unclear.
