Registered voters in Indiana will soon receive postcards in the mail from the Indiana Election Division as part of the state's latest voter roll maintenance effort.

All ballot referendums and public questions would go on general election ballots under a bill approved by the House as the first half of the legislative session came to a close.

Several major Indiana election reforms advanced by the Senate Elections Committee this session either failed to get approval by the full Senate or were significantly scaled back.

The Senate narrowly approved a bill this week that will force school board races to become partisan.

Hoosiers would be forced to register with a major political party to be allowed to participate in partisan primary elections under a bill headed to the Senate floor.

The number of days of early, in-person voting in Indiana would be cut in half under legislation approved by a Senate committee Monday.

Indiana vote-by-mail applicants must fit one of 11 criteria to receive a mail-in ballot, such as being 65 or older or being confined to their home.

Nearly all of Indiana's candidates for governor, regardless of party, say the state's economic development strategy needs to change.

Former state commerce secretary Brad Chambers said the number one job of a governor is to grow the economy and increase wages. And the Republican gubernatorial candidate unveiled his 10-point economic plan Monday.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Monday that critics say violates federal law when it comes to removing people from the voter rolls.