Cedar Lake, Indiana Public Records

Acceptable identification for registration includes an Indiana driver's license or state ID number, or the last four digits of a social security number. Council members serve four-year terms. Voters seeking information about candidates for local offices and ballot measures can contact Cedar Lake Town Hall at 219-374-7161 or check the Lake County Elections website closer to election dates. Residents can look up their assigned polling place using the Indiana Voters portal at www.indianavoters. gov by entering their name and birthdate, or by contacting the Lake County Elections office. Publicly accessible election records include voter registration lists available for purchase by qualified requesters under Indiana Code 3-7-26.3, campaign finance reports filed with the Lake County Election Board or Indiana Election Division and accessible at www.indianacampaignfinance.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Cedar voters are published by the Indiana Election Division (https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/). Indiana allows absentee voting by mail for voters who meet specific criteria under Indiana Code 3-11-10: those age 65 or older, those with disabilities, those scheduled to work entire polling hours, those traveling outside their county on election day, those with religious obligations, those confined due to illness or injury, those scheduled for emergency service, those in the military or overseas, those in jail awaiting trial, or those appointed as poll workers in a different precinct. Absentee ballot applications must be received by the Lake County Election Board by 11:59 p.m. Eleven days before the election; voted ballots must be received by noon on election day. Applications are available at www.indianavoters. gov or from the Lake County Elections office.