REGISTRATIONS RISE: Voter outreach, certain races credited for reported increase in eligible voters

  By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 7, 2024   The number of Hoosiers registering to vote in Indiana increased prior to the May primary, compared with previous years, according Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales’ office. New voter registrations rose in the last month before the registration deadline by more than 20% from 2022 and more than 35% when compared with 2020, Lindsey Easton, spokesperson for the secretary of state, told The Indiana Citizen. In a press release, Morales credited state and county voter registration efforts with boosting the numbers. “This is proof of our hard work,” Morales said in a prepared statement. “Now it’s time to get ...