2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Jeffersonville Township Board Member, Clark County

Vote for up to 3.

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; 7 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

Shirley J. Bell

Democratic

Shirley J. Bell is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Bell got on the ballot

  • Finished first of 4 in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary for 3 nominations, with 2,424 votes [10].

What we could not find about Bell

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

Sources for Bell

Kelley Curran

Libertarian

Kelley Curran is a Libertarian candidate [5].

How Curran got on the ballot

  • Listed as a Libertarian candidate on the state's Sept. 22 general-election list; Libertarian candidates are not chosen in the May primary [5].

What we could not find about Curran

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

Sources for Curran

Scott Gardner

Democratic

Scott Gardner is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Gardner got on the ballot

  • Finished second of 4 in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary for 3 nominations, with 1,772 votes [10].

What we could not find about Gardner

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

Sources for Gardner

Shawn L. Grant

Republican

Shawn L. Grant is a Republican candidate [5].

How Grant got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (1,530 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Grant

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

Sources for Grant

Jeffrey Lovan

Democratic

Jeffrey Lovan is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Lovan got on the ballot

  • Finished third of 4 in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary for 3 nominations, with 1,536 votes [10].

What we could not find about Lovan

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

Sources for Lovan

Judy Robertson

Republican

Judy Robertson is a Republican candidate [5].

How Robertson got on the ballot

  • Not on the May 5, 2026 primary ballot for this office; listed as a Republican candidate on the state's Sept. 22 general-election list [10, 5].

What we could not find about Robertson

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

Sources for Robertson

Brandon C Snyder

Republican

Brandon C Snyder is a Republican candidate [5].

How Snyder got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (1,258 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Snyder

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

Sources for Snyder

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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