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November 3, 2026 On the 2026 Ballot

Indiana Bailable Offenses and Substantial Risk Amendment (Nov 2026)

Statewide — All Indiana Voters

What The Amendment Does

How It Got On The Ballot

Who Supports This

Who Opposes This

RESOLUTE Citizen Analysis

Government bears the sword to be a terror to evil works and to protect the innocent, and there is a real, biblical case for keeping a genuinely dangerous defendant off the street while he awaits trial. That is the strength of this amendment. But the weight on the other side is just as serious: a man is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and 'substantial risk' is a phrase a judge must interpret — broaden it too far and you jail people who have been convicted of nothing. The safeguard written into the text is that the state must prove no release condition would work, which is meant to keep this narrow. Weigh it honestly: a 'yes' trades some pretrial liberty for community safety. Whether that trade is just depends on trusting Indiana's courts to apply 'substantial risk' soberly, not as a rubber stamp.

"For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain."

— Romans 13:4 (KJV)

Sources & Resources

Ballotpedia — Indiana Bailable Offenses and Substantial Risk Standard Amendment (2026)Ballotpedia News — Indiana becomes the third state to advance a bail-related constitutional amendment to voters in 2026Indiana Capital Chronicle — Indiana bail amendment clears General Assembly, sending detention question to November ballot