What this office does
The township board is the three-member legislative body of an Indiana township. It adopts the township budget and tax levy, sets the pay of township officers and employees, and reviews the trustee's annual report [1, 2, 3, 4].
The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.
- Seats
- Three per township; voters may choose up to three candidates [1, 5]
- Qualifications
- Must be registered to vote in the township by the filing deadline and file a statement of economic interests [6]
- On the 2026 ballot
- 921 township boards; 302 contested (more candidates, including write-ins, than seats) [5]
What the law puts in this job (4)
- Adopts the township's annual budget and tax levy [2].
- Fixes the salaries and pay of township officers and employees [3].
- Meets each February to review the trustee's annual report and approve it in whole or in part [4, 7].
- Does not run township operations day to day; that is the trustee's job as township executive [8].
- What's included
- the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
- Everything else
- Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
- Candidate lists
- As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
- At the polls
- Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5
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