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Nearly 60 percent of registered voters in Monroe County cast ballots in yesterday’s midterm election. That’s despite several polling places in Monroe County running out of ballots. Monroe County Election Board Chair William Ellis said some voters waited three to four hours. Voter turnout during this year’s midterm election surpassed the 2016 presidential election. Ellis said that’s unprecedented in Monroe …

Today is the first day of early voting in Indiana. Polls opened at 8 a.m. this morning in Monroe County and will stay open until 6 p.m. Monroe County Elections Supervisor Karen Wheeler said today’s first day of early voting has seen a higher than usual number of voters. Yesterday marked the end of voter registration in several states, including …

Fall Midterm elections take place in nine weeks. Election season culminates in the general election, on November 6. Voter registration throughout Indiana ends a month prior, on October 9. Early and absentee voting beginning the following day. Indiana law states that early and absentee voting must occur 28 days before an election, but Columbus Day, on October 8 this year, …