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Early voting numbers up nearly 25% compared to 2020

The early voting site at 302 S Walnut Street.
The early voting site at 302 S Walnut Street.

Early voting in Monroe County is up almost 25 percent from a comparable period in 2020, according to county election statistics.

Through Saturday – the first day of early voting on a Saturday in Indiana – 18,650 people cast ballots for the general election.

During the same number of voting days in 2020, 14,989 people cast ballots in the county.

Its also an increase from the 2016 election; 15,940 votes were cast during the same period.

Monroe County has 95,700 registered voters.

Statewide, more than a half million Hoosiers have cast ballots.

Early voting in the county continues every day except Nov. 3 at 302 S. Walnut Street in Bloomington. The general election is Nov. 5.

Full candidate interviews,  our voter guide and  more election coverage is available at  wtiu.org/election.

Clayton Baumgarth is a multimedia journalist for Indiana Public Media. He gathers stories from the rural areas surrounding Bloomington. Clayton was born and raised in central Missouri, and graduated college with a degree in Multimedia Production/Journalism from Drury University.