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Below is detailed information for voting in Kurt Vonnegut’s home state of Indiana and specifically in Indianapolis (Marion County), home of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library:

For the state’s primary election rescheduled for June 2, 2020, the Indiana Election Commission voted to allow anyone the option to vote by mail without a reason due to the COVID-19 health emergency.

On April 13, the Indianapolis City Council voted to provide funding to mail applications and ballots to voters for the June primary as well as the general election in November.

HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE BEFORE THE MAY 4 INDIANA REGISTRATION DEADLINE

HOW TO SECURE A VOTE-BY-MAIL ABSENTEE BALLOT IN MARION COUNTY BEFORE MAY 21 DEADLINE

An original signature must be on the application to be considered valid. An electronic signature may cause your ballot to be rejected during the signature verification process.

For other Indiana counties, see contact information for election offices.

HOW TO RETURN A VOTE-BY-MAIL ABSENTEE BALLOT IN MARION COUNTY BEFORE JUNE 2* DEADLINE

Applications Must Be Received by Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at Noon

For other Indiana counties, see contact information for election offices.

HOW TO VOTE IN PERSON PRIOR TO THE JUNE 2 PRIMARY

For the June 2, 2020 primary election, early in-person voting is reduced to Tuesday, May 26, 2020 to noon on Monday, June 1, 2020 pursuant to IEC Order 2020-40.  Please contact your county election board for more details. (See link above.)

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Kathi Badertscher, PhD

Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Kathi Badertscher, PhD, is Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Dr. Badertscher teaches a variety of BA, MA, and doctoral courses, including Applying Ethics in Philanthropy and History of Philanthropy. She has participated in several Teaching Vonnegut workshops and is a member of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. Dr. Badertscher has been a guest speaker on ethics in philanthropy, including at the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners – Indianapolis Council; Association of Fundraising Professionals – Indiana Chapter; and Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. In 2019 she received IUPUI Office for Women, Women’s Leadership Award for Newcomer Faculty. In 2019 and 2020 she received the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Graduate Teaching Award.
Dr. Badertscher’s publications include “Fundraising for Advocacy and Social Change,” co-authored with Shariq Siddiqui in Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, 5th ed., 2022; “Insulin at 100: Indianapolis, Toronto, Woods Hole, and the ‘Insulin Road,’ co-authored with Christopher Rutty, Pharmacy in History (2020); and three articles in the Indiana Magazine of History: “A New Wishard Is on the Way,” “Evaline Holliday and the Work of Community Service,” and “Social Networks in Indianapolis during the Progressive Era.” Her chapters on social welfare history will appear in three upcoming edited volumes on the history of philanthropy, including “The Legacy of Edna Henry and Her Contributions to the IU School of Social Work,” Women at Indiana University: Views of the Past and the Future, edited by Andrea Walton, Indiana University Press, 2022 (forthcoming). Dr. Badertscher is also the Philanthropy and Nonprofits Consulting Editor for the forthcoming Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, edited by David J. Bodenhamer and Elizabeth Van Allen, Indiana University Press, 2021. Dr. Badertscher is an active volunteer in the Indianapolis community. At present, she is a Coburn Place Safe Haven Board Member and a Children’s Bureau/Families First Brand and Marketing Advisor. Dr. Badertscher holds the MA in History from Indiana University and the MA and PhD in philanthropic studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library Volunteer Application

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