Greg Ballard
Lincoln Party
Says the office should be run as a nonpartisan, professional office.
About sources
- Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard declares for secretary of state race (Inside INdiana Business / IBJ)
2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Indiana Secretary of State
Statewide executive office. 4-year term. Write-in candidates must be written in by name. Open seat: Diego Morales is not on the ballot.
About the office
Indiana's chief election official and the head of four divisions: Business Services, Elections, Securities, and Auto Dealer Services. The office forms and registers businesses, regulates securities, oversees elections, commissions notaries, registers trademarks, and licenses vehicle dealers [1].
Sources
- About the Office (Indiana Secretary of State)
Candidates on the ballot
Beau Bayh
Democratic
Says his top priority is an independent audit of the Secretary of State's office.
Max Engling
Republican
Says preventing noncitizen voting is his top priority.
About sources
- Banks staffer Engling says decision on secretary of state's race came quickly (Indiana Capital Chronicle (via IPM))
Lauri A. Shillings
Libertarian
Focuses on modernizing the office's website and making election audit results public.
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Declared write-in candidates
Not printed on the ballot; a vote counts only when the name is written in.
Andrew Delano
National Socialist American Workers'Write-in
Declared write-in candidate on the Indiana Election Division's list; his name will not be printed on the ballot.
About sources
- 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
Key points
- Where all four ballot candidates agree: only eligible citizens should vote, and business filings should list owners, not only registered agents. (Indiana Capital Chronicle (via IPM))
- Where they differ most: Bayh, Ballard, and Shillings support an audit of the office; Engling prefers a review by the state inspector general. Engling supports the federal SAVE America Act; Ballard and Shillings oppose it. (Indiana Capital Chronicle (via IPM))
- Debates: Indy Chamber HobNob, Aug. 26, 2026; Indiana Debate Commission at WFYI, Oct. 7, 2026. (Indiana Capital Chronicle (via IPM))
What's included: the U.S. House, statewide offices, the state legislature (by district, in the app), 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.
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
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
Candidate lists as of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.