Connie Lawson

Gov. Eric Holcomb will announce his pick to replace current Republican Secretary of State Connie Lawson, who said last month she was resigning with nearly two years left in her elected term.

Rep. Holli Sullivan (R-Evansville) is Indiana's new Secretary of State, sworn in Tuesday after the governor picked her to replace retiring Secretary Connie Lawson.

Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson insists the state will have a "normal election" this fall and won't expand mail-in voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are 18 days left until the June primary. Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson says county election officials are prepared for both in-person and vote-by-mail ballots during the pandemic.

A group dedicated to pursuing vote-by-mail for every Hoosier in every election is suing the state to help make that a reality this fall.

It's unlikely the General Assembly will give counties more money in the 2020 session for new voting machines.

Secretary of State Connie Lawson says a private cybersecurity firm will monitor attempts to infiltrate state voter databases scans, she says, that happen all the time.

The General Assembly appropriated $10 million in the new state budget for election security, which will pay to add paper trails to just 10 percent of the machines that need them by next year.

Indiana's secretary of state, auditor and treasurer were sworn into office Monday. All three women won re-election bids in November.

Lawson was was appointed as Secretary of State in March 2012 to finish the term of Charlie White, who was ousted after a voter fraud conviction.