Todd Rokita defeats Jonathan Weinzapfel to become Indiana's next attorney general
Todd Rokita is Indiana’s next attorney general, according to the Associated Press. He beat Democratic candidate Johnathan Weinzapfel.
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Todd Rokita is Indiana’s next attorney general, according to the Associated Press. He beat Democratic candidate Johnathan Weinzapfel.
More than 1.5 million Hoosiers have already voted with two days left until Election Day, according to the Washington Post. This number is about 53% of the total amount of votes cast and more than two times the total amount of early votes in Indiana for the 2016 general election.
SEYMOUR, INDIANA — Thirty one days out from the election, where he would try to unseat a two-term incumbent congressman, Andy Ruff waited for the voters of Jackson County to come to Gaiser Park and hear him out. No one showed, except for his ex-wife and a friend.
In Indiana, voters are required to show a photo ID when they arrive at the polls. The IU CrimsonCard meets the Indiana requirements for a valid ID and can be used.
Welcome to the Indiana Daily Student's 2020 Election Day live blog. We'll bring you updates from pollling places across the county, election results as they come in and winners from today's races.
Dr. Woody Myers — the Democratic candidate for Indiana’s gubernatorial race — is a physician who has worked in an intensive care unit and served as Indiana’s state health commissioner under two governors and New York City’s health commissioner in 1990. He believes Indiana’s public schools need more funding and that the state needs a stricter mask mandate.
While Election Day is still several days away, many states already have had thousands of ballots returned and counted ahead of time. In Indiana, more than one million ballots have already been returned by mail or given early in-person, according to the U.S. Elections Project. While hundreds of thousands of people will still turn out to the polls on Election Day, nationwide and state specific polls are already attempting to call the election.
In September 2018, the New York Times published an opinion piece that harshly criticized the president’s policies. However, in a rare step, the newspaper did not reveal the identity of the person who wrote the piece, only saying it was written by a senior official in the Trump administration. For months, theories circulated that the piece was written by now-former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis, now-former Chief of Staff John Kelly and even Vice President Mike Pence.
The U.S. Supreme Court uphelda Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision Oct. 19 that allows mail-in ballots to be counted until Nov. 6, three days after Election Day, as long as the envelopes are postmarked by Election Day, according to a Politico article.
Only Indiana county election officials can request their polling locations extend their voting hours beyond 6 p.m. after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Indiana election law Friday. The Monroe County Election Board may request an extension in the event of difficulties on Election Day, Monroe County Election Supervisor Karen Wheeler said.
Monroe County will have 28 polling places open Tuesday. Unlike during early voting, where all voters had to go to Election Central to vote, Monroe County voters must go to their assigned polling place on Election Day.
Following hours long waits at the early voting polls, Monroe County voters will now have more time to get their vote in before election day, but still only one polling location.
Indiana’s second gubernatorial debate between Republican incumbent Gov. Eric Holcomb, Democrat Dr. Woody Myers and Libertarian Donald Rainwater was held Tuesday night in Indianapolis.
With Election Day looming next week, eyes will turn to the most competitive states in the country to determine who will win the high-profile races.
Monroe County has extended the operating hours of its early voting location in the week leading up to the election, according to the Monroe County voters website.
Amy Coney Barrett, a former circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, was confirmed Monday night as a justice for the Supreme Court in a 52-48 vote.
Ronald Klain, Indiana native and potential future White House Chief of Staff, provided a campaign update for former Vice President Joe Biden during “Motivational Mondays,” meetings held every Monday until the election where volunteers participate in a phone banking campaign for Biden.
With the COVID-19 pandemic putting millions of eligible voters at risk of contracting the coronavirus at in-person polls, a record number of absentee ballots are likely to be sent in for next week’s election.
Democratic incumbent Julie Thomas is running against Green Party write-in candidate Randy Paul for Monroe County Commissioner in District 2.
Krystal Domaratius, 26, and her mom Kathy, 52, didn’t think they were going to be waiting in line for about two and a half hours to vote when they drove up to Monroe County Government Election Central on Saturday morning.