(La Porte County, IN) - There’s a new location for upcoming early voting in La Porte County.

 

The early voting site at the Community Garden facility on Brighton Street in La Porte is moving to the La Porte County Fairgrounds in the Small Projects Building.

 

La Porte County Clerk Heather Stevens said she wanted to have the site moved back to the La Porte County Complex where it was originally located until extensive damage to the buiding was caused by a busted water pipe in December of 2022.

 

Stevens said that space has since been repaired but is not available for early voting this year. 

 

However, she said the fairgrounds location has plenty of room for parking and adding voting machines, if necessary, to help with the expected heavy turnout.

 

“My biggest goal is to keep the lines down.  I don’t want people to have to wait,” she said.

 

Early voting in La Porte County begins October 8.

 

Stevens said the Community Garden site was not available this year because that facility is reserved for another use on one of the Saturday’s required to have early voting.

 

The other early voting locations remain at the county government offices at 302 W. 8th St. in Michigan City; Wanatah Town Hall and the Wills Township Community Building.