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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. “I wish I could tell you it didn’t discourage turnout, but it did,” Ellis said. “Let me be …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:04 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn Indiana, you need to be both a U.S. citizen and a resident of the state, and at least 18 years old on or before the next general or municipal election. Voters must reside in the precinct they vote in at least 30 days prior to an …

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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:42 — 18.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToday is the deadline to register to vote in the May eighth Indiana primary; National attention is focusing on Indiana’s primary season, with three Republicans candidates vying for the nomination to run against incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator, Joe Donnelly; A missing Columbus man has been declared dead after his …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:19 — 2.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA report looking at the economic opportunity for women across the country, gave Indiana a ‘D’ for the second year in a row. The report is published by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a non-profit group that conducts research and policy analysis for inequality issues facing …