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Indiana Public Question 1

Denying bail for offenses other than murder or treason. 2026 results by county, from Indiana's official results file: Yes 58.4%, No 41.6% statewide.

Statewide

Currently, under the Constitution of the State of Indiana, a person charged with murder or treason is not entitled to be released on bail if the proof is evident or the presumption strong. Shall the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to provide that a person charged with an offense other than murder or treason is not entitled to bail if: (1) the proof is evident or the presumption strong; and (2) the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of any other person or the community. (This question concerns Article 1, Section 17 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.)

A yes vote
A vote to ratify this amendment.
A no vote
A vote not to ratify this amendment.
Yes 58.4% No 41.6%

1,062,535 yes and 758,200 no.

Cass County's official sample ballot · 2026 session laws, which set the wording

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

92 counties: Yes has the most votes in 90, No has the most votes in 2. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Adams County65.3%34.7%7,720
Allen County58.5%41.5%100,484
Bartholomew County62.9%37.1%21,952
Benton County65.3%34.7%2,209
Blackford County67.6%32.4%2,740
Boone County58.0%42.0%26,915
Brown County56.8%43.2%5,927
Carroll County61.7%38.3%5,043
Cass County69.7%30.3%9,158
Clark County54.7%45.3%30,891
Clay County66.7%33.3%6,502
Clinton County64.9%35.1%6,757
Crawford County62.3%37.7%2,486
Daviess County70.0%30.0%5,913
Dearborn County64.5%35.5%14,689
Decatur County68.9%31.1%6,375
DeKalb County64.6%35.4%10,982
Delaware County60.0%40.0%27,869
Dubois County68.2%31.8%13,234
Elkhart County53.7%46.3%38,898
Fayette County63.0%37.0%4,999
Floyd County58.2%41.8%26,517
Fountain County67.9%32.1%4,827
Franklin County67.4%32.6%6,351
Fulton County65.7%34.3%5,025
Gibson County57.3%42.7%7,813
Grant County64.7%35.3%15,772
Greene County65.0%35.0%7,913
Hamilton County57.9%42.1%142,057
Hancock County56.2%43.8%26,533
Harrison County55.5%44.5%11,739
Hendricks County60.4%39.6%51,946
Henry County60.9%39.1%12,452
Howard County58.3%41.7%22,359
Huntington County60.9%39.1%10,332
Jackson County63.5%36.5%10,109
Jasper County66.9%33.1%8,611
Jay County66.4%33.6%4,359
Jefferson County63.7%36.3%8,386
Jennings County62.5%37.5%6,203
Johnson County62.7%37.3%44,369
Knox County65.9%34.1%8,766
Kosciusko County63.6%36.4%18,768
LaGrange County67.5%32.5%5,740
Lake County61.2%38.8%136,187
LaPorte County63.7%36.3%30,057
Lawrence County65.0%35.0%11,392
Madison County56.6%43.4%35,159
Marion County47.0%53.0%253,096
Marshall County62.3%37.7%10,789
Martin County57.1%42.9%2,940
Miami County63.8%36.2%7,218
Monroe County40.8%59.2%39,213
Montgomery County63.8%36.2%9,576
Morgan County66.2%33.8%18,926
Newton County62.8%37.2%3,407
Noble County65.7%34.3%10,147
Ohio County57.5%42.5%1,427
Orange County64.5%35.5%4,710
Owen County63.7%36.3%5,590
Parke County68.8%31.2%4,034
Perry County67.3%32.7%5,789
Pike County67.8%32.2%3,532
Porter County57.7%42.3%50,513
Posey County64.3%35.7%7,742
Pulaski County62.2%37.8%3,357
Putnam County64.3%35.7%9,286
Randolph County69.3%30.7%5,654
Ripley County67.8%32.2%7,313
Rush County67.5%32.5%4,062
Scott County61.8%38.2%5,606
Shelby County66.9%33.1%11,217
Spencer County68.1%31.9%5,944
St. Joseph County57.0%43.0%73,845
Starke County67.4%32.6%5,775
Steuben County65.3%34.7%9,993
Sullivan County69.6%30.4%5,475
Switzerland County68.2%31.8%2,324
Tippecanoe County56.2%43.8%40,793
Tipton County64.5%35.5%5,765
Union County61.3%38.7%1,765
Vanderburgh County58.9%41.1%46,043
Vermillion County69.1%30.9%4,074
Vigo County59.8%40.2%26,480
Wabash County62.1%37.9%7,627
Warren County68.4%31.6%2,696
Warrick County64.1%35.9%19,035
Washington County56.2%43.8%7,231
Wayne County56.4%43.6%14,156
Wells County66.3%33.7%7,927
White County65.1%34.9%6,717
Whitley County65.1%34.9%10,441

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Indiana's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 5:12 PM. Unofficial until certified. Indiana's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.