A bill to expand Indiana’s absentee voting law couldn’t make it over the finish line in 2018 as House Republicans blocked the bill from a hearing.

All Hoosier voters could cast absentee ballots by mail without any excuse under legislation advanced Monday by a Senate panel.

The Senate committee's approval comes despite objections from Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s office.

The Marion County Clerk's Office blames the slowdown on the "inefficiencies" of having a central location where absentee ballots are counted.

Indiana’s high absentee voter turnout may signal a large primary turnout on May 3.