Early Voting, Indiana Style; Political Podcasts

 I forgot to mention the early voting I saw this Saturday when CC, John, and I went to have pizza. It ran into what I think of as the old, old courthouse and through the almost block-long plaza to the sidewalk on the eastside, the Walnut Street side. Now, this news flash came though this morning: Clerk: As election approaches, more than 13,500 early ballots cast in Delaware County

According to Delaware County Clerk Rick Spangler, as of Monday morning 13,593 voters had cast early ballots locally, and the line of those wanting to vote was "lined around the block" outside the County Building about 9:30 a.m. Monday.

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Spangler said a total of 1,070 voters cast ballots on Saturday, believed to set the one-day record for early ballots cast in a single day.

The previous record, set in 2020, was 696 early ballots cast in a single day. That record has been exceeded several days over the past week, the county clerk said.

In 2020, a total of 12,153 Delaware County voters cast in-person early ballots.

This year's early voters have included many casting ballots for the first time, Spangler said, a group that includes both young citizens and older Delaware County residents who haven't voted before.

I had a text from MW yesterday, she reported a report that the Madison County Courthouse was packed with people wanting to vote early.

Saturday, I saw - and consider my distance is no longer all that good - a group that seemed a fair mix of Muncie people, and of genders.

I have no idea who is voting early. Does this portend a Democrat revival in Indiana, or will the Trump vote be even greater? I guess we are about to see what Hoosiers are made of - democrats or pro-authoritarians?

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I shall be doing my own voting in the next few hours.

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