Tag Archives: Election 2018

Over half of eligible voters cast ballots in November’s midterm election. Indiana had 51 percent average turnout across the state. This is the highest voter turnout for Indiana during a midterm election since 1994. Slightly over two million people voted out of the four and half million eligible voters. Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, announced these results along with data on each Indiana …

President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama will be in Indiana this weekend. The sitting Republican President and former Democratic president are scheduled to hold rallies supporting their parties’ respective Senate candidates.  Incumbent Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly is up for re-election on Tuesday. President Obama will stump for Donnelly in Gary, Indiana on Sunday. Meanwhile,  President Trump is scheduled …

The Monroe County Election Board approved creating two new polling places in its February 1st meeting. The Board is eliminating polling sites at the IU football complex and the IU union center in favor of one central polling site at the University Club. Board member Carolyn VandeWiele and William Ellis said a site visit proved the University Club is the …

Monroe County Election Board members are being asked to open a centrally-located poling site near Indiana University. Sandra Shapshay is the director of IU’s Political and Civic Engagement Program, or PACE. She says voter participation among Indiana University students is below the national average for college campuses. Speaking in last week’s election board meeting, Shapshay said PACE launched an initiative …

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee put Indiana’s 9th Congressional District on a shortlist of races to watch in 2018. WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Indiana Democratic Party Communications Director Phil Johnson about what that may mean for Democratic candidates next year.