Editorial: Indiana bill is pushback on necessary election changes made during a pandemic
Last year, in the midst of a public health crisis, Indiana officials came together in a bipartisan fashion to change the date of the primary election and allow for no-excuse mail-in voting â a decision driven by concern for the public good, not politics.
Well, we canât allow something like that to happen again, now can we?
Senate Bill 353 is a clear reaction to the changes made by Indianaâs Election Commission, which was guided in part by the recommendation of state leaders in moving to ensure that Hoosiers could cast their vote in the primary election without fearing for their health.
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The Indiana Department of Health reported 50 additional confirmed deaths over the last week. That brings the state’s total to 12,667 confirmed deaths. The state also reported nearly 6,900 new cases in the last week.
Indiana has administered 1,766,467 initial vaccine doses, with 1,241,513 Hoosiers fully vaccinated.
Here are your statewide COVID-19 headlines from last week.
Gov. Eric Holcomb is still dumping all statewide COVID-19 restrictions April 6, even as his top state health official warns of worsening spread.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, positivity rate and county-based risk of spread have all been going in the wrong direction in recent days or weeks.