COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY AND BOTH A NEW LIFE FOR. YOU'RE WATCHING 13 NEWS. GOOD EVENING. ELECTION DAY JUST
ONE WEEK AWAY AND ITS EARLY
VOTING IS ANY INDICATION
OF WHAT'S IN STORE FOR YOU AT
THE POLLS? GET READY TO WAIT.
LINES HAVE BEEN SO LONG THE
LAST FEW DAYS MARION COUNTY IS
MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
ITS VOTING HOURS. SO FOR
TONIGHT'S BIG STORY WE'LL BREAK
DOWN THE BASIC DIFFERENCES
YOU'LL NOTICE ONE OF THE
BUSIEST POLLING PLACES STARTING
TOMORROW. WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW
THOSE WEIGHT TRACKER APPS
REALLY WORK AND WHETHER THEY
SAVE YOU TIME. AND WE LOOK INTO
WHAT COULD HOLD UP ELECTION
RESULTS. WELL PAST NEXT TUESDAY
,ANOTHER DAY OF LONG VOTING
LINES IN MARION COUNTY. HOW LONG TERRIFIED WAIT TIMES.
SEVENTY FIVE MINUTES. THE WEB
SITE INDYVOTETIMES DOT ORG
GIVES YOU AN APPROXIMATE WAIT
TIME FOR EVERY VOTING CENTER IN
MARION COUNTY. WE CHECK THE
NORTH SIDE. THOSE ARE LONGER.
WE WANTED TO GIVE VOTERS A
BETTER WAY TO MAKE A PLAN TO
VOTE. WE THOUGHT THERE MAY BE
LONG LINES AS WE'VE SEEN THERE
HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN VERY LONG
LINES. SO WE JUST WANTED TO ARM
VOTERS WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. NEARLY 60
PEOPLE VOLUNTEERS FOR
NONPARTISAN VOTE SAFE INDIANA
COUNT THE PEOPLE IN LINE. THEN
THE VOTERS LEADING OVER 10
MINUTES THEY REPORT THE DATA
AND EQUATION ESTIMATES THE WAIT
TIME. GABRIELLE CASEY CHECK THE
WEB SITE BEFORE SHE VOTED. NOW
I CHOSE TO COME DOWNTOWN
INSTEAD OF THE ONE CLOSER TO MY
HOUSE. I THINK YOU CAN MAKE
YOUR TIME A LOT SHORTER AND YOU
CAN PLAN AHEAD IF YOU HAVE KIDS
TO PICK SCHOOL, STUFF LIKE
THAT. WE THOUGHT THE VERIFIED
WAIT TIMES PRETTY ACCURATE.
TUESDAY LIKE THREE HOURS FOR
EARLY EVENING VOTERS IN PERRY
TOWNSHIP. THE VOTING IS A
SACRED CITIZEN RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WHAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE
BARRIERS AND FRANKLY A LOT
OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY
OF WAITING TWO HOURS, THREE
HOURS, FIVE HOURS. SO GOING
ONLINE BEFORE YOU GET IN LINE
COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE YOU A
LOT OF TIME.
WITH THE LONG
LINES AND THE RECORD TURNOUT,
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE EXPAND EARLY VOTING.
NOW MOST IMPORTANTLY IS IT
IMPACTS ONLY THE CITY COUNTY
BUILDING TOMORROW THROUGH
FRIDAY. EARLY VOTING AT THIS
ECB IS OPEN FROM 8:00 IN THE
MORNING UNTIL 9:00 AT NIGHT.
OVER THE WEEKEND I'LL BE OPEN
FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M.
THEN THE DAY BEFORE THE
ELECTION MONDAY IT'S OPEN
FROM 8:00 UNTIL NOON. EARLY
VOTING CENTERS AREN'T THE ONLY
ONES SWAMPED. TONIGHT WE'RE
GETTING AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE
POST OFFICE'S PLANS TO HANDLE
THE SURGE IN ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
THIRTEEN NEWS HAS OBTAINED AN
INTERNAL MEMO FROM THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE. IN THAT MEMO IT
CALLS FOR EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES TO DELIVER DEMOCRACY.
THE DETAILS INCLUDE A COMMAND
CENTER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
EXTENDING POST OFFICE HOURS,
GIVING ELECTION MAIL PRIORITY
TREATMENT, EVEN HAVING POSTAL
CARRIERS CHECK RESIDENTIAL
MAILBOXES FOR BALLOTS IN
INDIANA TO BE COUNTED. THOSE
ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE TO BE IN
THE HANDS OF ELECTION OFFICIALS
BY NOON ELECTION DAY. AND JUST
A HEADS UP IF YOU HAVEN'T
ALREADY MAILED IN YOUR ABSENTEE
BALLOT. AT THIS POINT THE POST
OFFICE IS RECOMMENDING YOU JUST
TURN IT IN IN PERSON TO MAKE
SURE IT REACHES YOUR ELECTION
BOARD BY NEXT TUESDAY AT NOON.
WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE JUST
ONE WEEK OUT FROM THE ELECTION,
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT A
LITTLE BIT LONGER TO FIND OUT
THE RESULTS AND IT'LL LIKELY
COME DOWN TO THOSE SWING
STATES. SEVERAL OF THEM LIKE
ARIZONA, FLORIDA, MINNESOTA ARE
ALLOWED TO COUNT ABSENTEE
BALLOTS BEFORE ELECTION DAY SO
THEY COULD HAVE ADVANCED WITH
VOTES PRETTY EARLY. BUT IN
NORTH CAROLINA AND OHIO BALLOTS
CAN'T BE COUNTED UNTIL THE DAY
OFF. SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
HOW LONG THIS COULD ALL TAKE.
GEORGIA IS PREDICTING ONE TO
TWO DAYS AFTER THE RACE IS
DONE. MICHIGAN IT COULD TAKE UP
TO THREE DAYS. AND IN
PENNSYLVANIA THEY SAY THEY
MIGHT NOT KNOW UNTIL THE
WEEKEND. WE'RE TALKING FIVE
DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION. WE'RE
GOING TO BE UPDATING ALL OF OUR
ELECTION RESULTS AS THEY START
COMING IN. BEGINNING TUESDAY
EVENING WE HAVE RESOURCES TO
MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE IS COUNTED
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