# LaPorte County Election Board November 13, 2026


**Body:** Access LaPorte County Media
**Date:** November 12, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Information Technology


The LaPorte County Election Board met on November 13, 2026, to hear public comments about the general election and review absentee and provisional ballots. Speakers reported poll-worker communication and training gaps, long lines, too few or malfunctioning voting machines and printers, ballot and split-precinct confusion, and delays in reporting early-voting results. Board members acknowledged that equipment failures and election-day workload require review and invited further feedback; one member described a proposed machine encoder as a way to reduce ballot-selection errors. A request was made for a public investigative review of election procedures and failures, but no formal action on that request is recorded in the transcript.

Procurement-related discussion focused on Microvote equipment and its contract: a speaker said the annual amount rose from $12,000 to $15,000 and questioned the absence of a stated per-reprogramming price. Members also discussed the need to improve preparation for machine and printer breakdowns and vendor support, but no contract award, purchase, budget allocation, or procurement motion was made. The board reviewed absentee ballots returned with corrected signatures and provisional ballots, voting to accept eligible ballots and strike ballots that did not meet requirements; the transcript does not clearly record a final election-certification vote.

**Source:** Access LaPorte County Media