Tag Archives: Indiana Voting

On November 7th, The midterm elections saw one of the highest voter turnouts in Monroe County history. The record amount of voter turnout led to a shortage of ballots and long waits around Monroe county polls. Voices in the Street asks area listeners if they voted and if so, about their experience at the polls.

President Donald Trump will visit Indianapolis to speak at the annual Future Farmers of America (FFA) convention, this Saturday; Indiana residents voting in the upcoming midterm elections will have to answer three public questions on their ballot; Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young were behind a bipartisan bill to address the opioid epidemic; Monroe County Probation Department and the Department …

Indiana residents voting in the upcoming midterm elections will face three public questions on their ballot. The first is a proposed change to the Indiana State Constitution, while the other two ask if two judges in statewide voting jurisdictions will keep their offices. The first public question is a proposed amendment to the Indiana state constitution. If the amendment passes, the …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill will not be prosecuted for alleged sexual assault; The Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners authorized borrowing $10 million for proposed parks projects; The Town of Ellettsville is working to purchase two properties in the floodway of Jack’s Defeat Creek, in an effort to mitigate flooding; Monroe County Commissioners have designated the month of November as National Runaway Prevention …

Monroe County Elections Supervisor Karen Wheeler is busy. Wheeler said over 1000 people are walking into Monroe County Elections Central in downtown Bloomington every day, to cast their ballot for the 2018 midterm election. With just two weeks left before the election, Wheeler said the number of early voters she’s seeing is on par with 2016’s presidential election. That’s unprecedented, …

A Facebook page called ‘Monroe County Elections’ is causing concern among Monroe County Election Board members. Republican representative William Ellis said the page could have been assumed to be official when it wasn’t. The page has since been deleted, but its creator is still in question. Ellis and Democratic Representative Carolyn VandeWiele were concerned the page might have been created …

Today is the first day of early voting in Indiana; Fifteen Indiana counties are getting a share funds raised through timber sales at state forests; The National Rifle Association endorsed Indiana Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun. FEATURE Indiana University Alum George Taliaferro passed away yesterday at 91 years old. A three-time All-American running back, Taliaferro was the first African-American to be drafted …

Some 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. According to the Associated Press, potentially hundreds of thousands of Democratic absentee ballot …