Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10 — 1.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, announced statewide voter turnout was 13%, for May seventh’s municipal primary elections. Monroe County had 10% voter turnout, or 5,390 voters. This year’s municipal primary saw a 48% increase in voter turnout from the last municipal primary, between Mark Kruzan and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver 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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:53 — 1.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreVice President Mike Pence was in Indianapolis over the weekend. The former Indiana Governor-turned Vice President spoke during a campaign fundraiser for Indiana Republicans. Pence also spoke on the campaign trail for Indiana Republican Senate nominee Mike Braun. Braun is running against incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:55 — 1.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSome absentee ballot applications mailed by the Indiana Democratic Party are ‘faulty,’ according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s Office. Lawson, a Republican and the highest elections official in the state, said the Indiana democratic party mailed out absentee ballot applications that were missing state-mandated instructions. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:20 — 22.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePresident Donald Trump will make a trip to Evansville, next week; Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) spoke on the floor of the US Senate today, on behalf of increasing Health and Human Services allocation on the Senate Appropriations Bill for 2019; Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced the state …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:49 — 2.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana will receive 7.1 million dollars from the federal government to help improve it’s elections security. The funding is part of a 380 million dollar, one-time grant being given out to local elections offices across the country. The grant, which is distributed through the federal Help America …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:53 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA federal judge is blocking a new program that would allow state officials to purge voter data from Indiana’s election rolls. The ruling, issued Friday by U.S. District Court Hon. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, temporarily bars the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program from going into effect. The …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:14 — 20.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFederal intelligence services believe Russian government employees probed state voter registration rolls for possible weaknesses, in 2016; Activists will protest two bills at the Indianapolis statehouse tomorrow; The Bloomington Rail Trail will be closed to the public until Friday for maintenance. FEATURE WFHB Correspondent Michael Glab speaks with war …
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E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download (90.9KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFederal intelligence services believe Russian government employees probed state voter registration rolls for possible weaknesses in 2016, according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson. Lawson published an editorial this morning, which says the Russian government targeted voter information databases across states. Indiana Secretary of State Communications Director Ian …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:48 — 24.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Police investigate Swastikas and ‘KKK’ graffiti in Bloomington, Weimer Reservoir/Wapehani Lake is scheduled to be demolished, Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is facing another voter registration lawsuit, and the Bloomington Utilities Service Board approves rate hikes, all on this episode of the Daily Local News. …
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