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ELECTION DAY 2024 | LIVE BLOG

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, is Election Day, meaning today is the last day to make your voice heard and vote on candidates for the governor, attorney general, senate, congressional and presidential races.
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Election Results

9 p.m. More than 350,000 residents cast their ballot in Marion County both early and on Election Day. Final numbers show 191,580 in-person ballots were cast on Election Day, while there were 133,727 early voters, 28,846 mail-in ballots and 3,065 ballots were collected from the military overseas and homebound voters.

8 p.m. Monroe County says 54,553 registered voters cast a ballot in person between Early Voting and Election Day, which represents 57% of registered voters.

7 p.m. Mike Braun, Jim Banks, Todd Rokita and Donald Trump are the projected winners of Indiana so far, according to DDHQ. Ballots are still being counted.

6 p.m. The polls have now closed in Indiana. the Marion County Election Board says they had more than 190,000 people cast their ballot in person on Election Day, which is a little lower than in 2020. There were 165,000 absentee votes.

5 p.m. Officials in Marion County say there has been a 53% voter turnout as of 5 p.m.

4 p.m. Monroe County officials say that 22% of all registered voters, or 21,640 voters, in the county have cast a ballot on Tuesday. Employees are still processing over 30,000 early and absentee voting ballots.

3 p.m. Officials in Monroe County say 19,594 voters, or 20% of all registered voters, have cast a ballot since the polls opened Tuesday morning. The county is at 52.5% in-person voting. Eastview Church of the Nazarene, St. John’s Catholic Church, Ellettsville Christian Center and Grandview Elementary School have all voted more than 1,000 voters on Election Day.

2:30 p.m. In a mid-day update, Hamilton County election officials say they are now at 63% voter turnout in the county.

2 p.m. The elections board of Bartholomew County says as of 2 p.m., 8,176 people voted today. That number including early voting is 29,312.

12:25 p.m. As of 12:25 a.m., the Marion County Clerk's Office reported that 118,000 people voted in Marion County on Election Day so far.

11 a.m. The Monroe County Clerk's Office is reporting that 12,658 voters have voted in the county so far, which reflects 45% in person turnout.

10:30 a.m. A WRTV employee reported a 10 minute wait at the Benjamin Harrison Voting site. He was voter #398.

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10 a.m. Voting is in full swing at the Broad Ripple Park Family Center.

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9:19 a.m. WRTV staff visited New Bethel Baptist Church in Franklin Township. The wait times were reported to be around 30 minutes. Election officials said 4,564 votes were cast at the location as of 9:15 a.m.

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7 a.m. IMPD sends out a list of safety tips for Election Day.

6:42 a.m. WRTV heard reports of a possible technical issue at polling locations in Hamilton County.

We visited a Clay Township location and were told the issue was a brief county-wide glitch that was resolved in 20 minutes and all polls should be up and running.

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6 a.m. Polls open across Indiana. Election Day 2024 is here; polls are now open