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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Center Township Board Member, Boone County

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Who votes on this seat: Only voters who live in this township vote in this race.

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.

Term
4 years [1]
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].

About this race

  • Voters may choose up to 3; 5 candidates are on the list [5].
  • No candidate forum or debate for this race was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Candidates on the ballot

Amanda Bishop

Democratic

Amanda Bishop is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Bishop got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (364 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Bishop

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for Bishop

Penny S Bogan

Republican

Penny S Bogan is a Republican candidate [5].

How Bogan got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (1,211 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Bogan

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for Bogan

Anna M Donley

Democratic

Anna M Donley is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Donley got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (331 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Donley

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for Donley

Debra (Debby) Scering

Republican

Debra (Debby) Scering is a Republican candidate [5].

How Scering got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (912 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Scering

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for Scering

Matthew L. Schaller

Republican

Matthew L. Schaller is a Republican candidate [5].

How Schaller got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (1,011 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Schaller

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for Schaller

Key points

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Indiana Code 36-6-6-2: Township legislative body; membership and election (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  2. Indiana Code 36-6-6-11: Township legislative body; annual budget (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  3. Indiana Code 36-6-6-10: Township legislative body; salaries and pay (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  4. Indiana Code 36-6-6-9: Township legislative body; annual meeting and trustee's report (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  5. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  6. 2026 Indiana Candidate Guide (County Offices) (Indiana Election Division)
  7. Township Requirements (Indiana State Board of Accounts)
  8. Indiana Code 36-6-4-3: Township executive; duties (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  9. 2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)
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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