Capital B Gary story: ‘Sick of the Divide’: What Drove Gary Residents to the Polls
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Calvin Davis, Rayonna Burton-Jernigan and Jenae Barnes Capital B Gary November 5, 2024 Gary voters turned out amid cloud cover and rain showers on Election Day. While the presidential ticket pits Vice President Kamala Harr “...”
ELECTION DAY: The Indiana Citizen’s blog
Reports from The Indiana Citizen and TheStatehouseFile.com November 5, 2024 Economy, inflation and taxes are major concerns Voters were lined up 40 or 50 deep under overcast skies around 9 a.m. Tuesday in Indiana House District 25 at a polling site outside the Hussey-Mayfield Mem “...”
PNS Story: Indiana’s election survival kit: Breathe, pause, repeat
This story was originally published by Public News Service By Joe Ulery, producer Public News Service November 5, 2024 On this Election Day, Indiana residents may be feeling the effects of what some are calling election stress disorder, but there are several ways to cope. If you& “...”
TSF story: On this anxious election eve, a new generation prepares for its turn at citizenship
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Colleen Steffen TheStatehouseFile.com November 4, 2024 Andrea Neal doesn’t even say hi, sailing into her classroom at St. Richard’s Episcopal School under the twin gazes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson “...”
APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY: Business for America urges political leaders to maintain ‘a free and fair election’ for nation’s economic health
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 4, 2024 Business for America, a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of civic-minded business leaders and companies, has published an open letter as Election Day nears, asking candidates and election officials to put country above poli “...”
Capital B Gary story: How the Freedom to Vote Act Could Add 50,000 Black Voters in Indiana
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Calvin Davis Capital B Gary November 2, 2024 Raymond Powell, a Gary native now living in Indianapolis, wasn’t sure of his voting status after his release from prison. So when he visited the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to up “...”
CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Indiana legal community supports keeping state’s justices while retention opponents press their effort
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 1, 2024 The effort to prevent three Indiana Supreme Court justices from falling short in November’s retention vote appears to be organized and strong, but worries continue over the grassroots countereffort to remove the trio for “...”
‘ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS’: SOS Morales and AG Rokita face public access complaint for not releasing names of nearly 600,000 registered voters
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 1, 2024 With just four days before the Nov. 5 election, the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation, parent of The Indiana Citizen, is continuing to push the Indiana attorney general and the Indiana secretary of state to release the l “...”
VOTER HOTLINE: Hoosier voters can call Election Protection number for real-time answers and help
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 31, 2024 For Hoosiers who have questions about voting or encounter a problem when a casting ballot, help is just a phone call away. The Midwest Voting Rights Program at the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights is again offe “...”
JUDICIAL ELECTION: Trial court judges appear on many Indiana ballots but only seven counties have competitive races
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 31, 2024 Although trial court judges are on the ballot in 59 Indiana counties for the November election, only seven counties have contested races, leaving most Hoosier voters without an alternative choice for judgeships. Circuit cou “...”