Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

What happened

Leanna Moore of the Vigo County Clerk's Office told the election board that Meadows Shopping Center, which had been planned as a seven-day early voting site opening October 27, had become unusable because repeated attempts to reach the property went unanswered. The board replaced it with a new Election Day-only vote center at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, directly across the street, with room for the same number of voting machines Meadows would have had — but the new site will not offer the early-voting days Meadows was scheduled to provide. A board member said the Clerk's Office's attempts to contact Meadows drew no response, citing media reports of unpaid utilities and uncollected trash there and noting the property is in bankruptcy; in this year's primary, Meadows was one of the county's busiest sites, drawing 1,191 early voters and 1,458 more on Election Day.

The outcome

The board approved Resolution 2026-04, amending the vote center plan (the county's official list of approved voting sites), on a voice vote. The chair said the motion passed unanimously.

Sources

• Vote-center plan background, 1:21
• Woodrow Wilson replacement announced, 2:13
• Clerk's office unable to reach Meadows, 3:32
• Meadows in bankruptcy, 4:52
• 2026 primary turnout at Meadows, 5:03
• Machine capacity at Woodrow Wilson, 6:05
• Resolution 2026-04 passed unanimously by voice vote, 7:28

Also known as: Meadows vote center · Meadows Shopping Center voting · Woodrow Wilson Middle School vote center · Resolution 2026-04 · vote center plan amendment · where do I vote early now