Polls opened at 6 o’clock this morning for in-person voting and closed at 6 o'clock tonight.
Eligible voting sites can be found at IndianaVoters.com.
According to Monroe County Clerk Nicole Browne, 2,894 voters either voted absentee or participated in early voting.
6:00 pm update
Browne said as of 6:01 this evening, 7,012 voters cast a ballot. In total, 9,906 people voted in this election.
5:00 pm update
Browne said as of 5:05 this evening, 6,320 voters cast a ballot. She encouraged people to stop by their polling location on their way home from work.
4:00 pm update
Browne said as of 4:12 p.m. this afternoon, 5,616 people cast votes today. WFIU's Isabella Vesperini went out to the polls to gauge reactions on the MCCSC referendum.
Jackie Divine is a long time Bloomington resident who said she wanted to vote on the school referendum.
“In Indiana, it’s a mistake for us to split the funding between the public schools and the charter schools, and because they do that, they have to try to tax us more and more,” she said.
Amy Lifton is a retired schoolteacher and came to vote in favor of the referendum.
“Early childhood education is a key foundation for all children to have, and it shouldn’t matter if your parents can afford to buy that for you or not,” she said.
2:00 pm update
As of 2:10 this afternoon, Browne said there have been 4,364 votes cast today. Some polling sites are nearing 400 voters.
12:49 pm update
Indiana’s secretary of state says widespread power outages are affecting voting in some parts of the state. In a statement, Secretary Diego Morales says polling locations in Hamilton County and Wayne County were impacted.
Power was out in Wayne County for about an hour. Four polling locations in the county were down during that time. Clerks used provisional paper ballots and/or generators so voting could continue.
In Hamilton County, the secretary of state says two polling locations were affected. Those locations also relied on generators so voting could continue.
According to Morales, “This situation is a priority and is being tracked by State Homeland Security, emergency management authorities, and utility companies.”
12:00 pm update
We are halfway through Election Day. Browne says 3,217 voters have cast ballots since this morning. There have been 6,111 in-person votes since early voting began Oct. 11.
11:00 am update
The Monroe County Clerk says she is optimistic in-person voting numbers will surpass early and absentee totals. According to an update issued by Clerk Nicole Browne at 11:15, 2,613 voters in Monroe County have voted in person today since the polls opened at 6 a.m.
Polls close for in-person voting at 6 o'clock tonight.
10:00 am update
An update provided by Browne at 10:12 a.m. said 2,043 voters had voted so far today.
The only issue on many ballots in Monroe County is a school referendum for MCCSC. The district says the levy would be used to expand early childhood education.
8:00 am update
An update provided by Browne at 8:05 a.m. said 734 voters had voted so far today.
READ MORE: An overview of MCCSC's referendum before Nov. 7
Support hasn’t been universal though with some critics, including the Monroe County Republican Party. Its members say the corporation hasn’t done enough to explain why it needs the extra funds.
This story will be updated.
