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BMV Extends Hours For Primary Election Day

Hoosiers wait for service at a Fort Wayne BMV prior to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Hoosiers wait for service at a Fort Wayne BMV prior to COVID-19 restrictions.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) announced this week that branches will extend hours of operation for the primary election.

Branches will be open on Monday, June 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday, June 2, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to issue ID cards and driver’s licenses to be used for identification at a polling place. Appointments are not required for these two days of operation, but service will be limited to new, amended, renewed, or replacement ID and driver’s license for voting purposes. All other BMV services are not available June 1 and June 2.     

Appointments will resume on June 3 and will be required for all transactions. Appointments can be scheduled here: https://www.in.gov/bmv/2405.htm.

Individuals who hold a driver’s license or ID card that has expired after the last General Election (November 6, 2018) may use the expired card as proof of identification for voting purposes.

Under Indiana state law, BMV branches are open to the public for extended hours on Election Day and the day before Election Day.

Grace Callahan serves as the Digital and News intern for summer 2020. Grace is a rising junior at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio studying journalism and interactive media as part of the University Honors Program. She is actively involved on campus as the VP of Member Development of the Panhellenic Association, the music director of The Miami Misfitz, an all-female a cappella group, and a staff writer for UP Magazine.
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