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THE MONEY RAIDS GUESS TO THE
IU HEALTH SIMON CANCER TEN
CENTER.
EARLY VOTING CONTINUES.
MORE PEOPLE VOTED EARLY FOR
THIS AREA'S PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION THAN THEY DID THIS
TIME IN 2008.
"24-HOUR NEWS 8'S" TERESA
MACK KIN IS LIVE AT THE CITY
COUNCIL BUILDING TO NIGHT
WITH MORE ON WHAT THOSE
NUMBERS MEAN.
TERESA?
Reporter: WELL, THE DOORS
HERE CLOSED FOR EARLY VOTING
TONIGHT AT 5:00 BUT THE
CLERK TOLD ME EARLIER, THEY
HAVE BROKEN ALL RECORDS FROM
2008 COMPARED TO THIS TIME
LAST YEAR.
INFARCT, TODAY, THEY SAW 200
VOTERS IN JUST THE FIRST
HOUR.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SOME
OF THE LINES LOOKED LAKE
EARLIER TODAY.
THEY ADDED AN EXTRA WEEKEND
OF EARLY VOTING WHICH WAS
THIS WEEKEND.
SO AS OF THIS TIME LAST
YEAR, THE CLARK'S OFFICE SAW
ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE WALK IN
TO VOTE, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS
EXTRA WEEKEND, THEY SAY,
THEY ARE UP 50% SO FAR THIS
YEAR, THAT MEANS SO FAR,
ABOUT 9,000 PEOPLE HAVE
WALKED IN TO VOTE, OF
COURSE, TWO WEEKS LEFT
BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT
THAT THEY ARE LETTING US
VOTE EARLY BECAUSE I DIP
THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO
MAKE IT THE ORIGINAL VOTING
DAY.
THIS WORKED OUT GREAT
ANYWAY.
I THINK IT IS UP FRANKLY
BECAUSE IT IS A CONVEINIENT
WAY TO VOTE.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
STUDENTS ON FALL BREAK
COMING HOME WITH THE PARENTS
AND WERE HOME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TRAVELING OR WORKING, OR
PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT I
WOULD BE NICE COME WITH A
GROUP.
AND A NUMBER OF CHURCH
GROUPS DID COME ON BUSES
TODAY.
WE ALSO SAW A GRANDMOTHER, A
MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER THAT
COULD COME TOGETHER TO ONE
PRECINCT TO VOTE.
NOW AS FAR AS WHETHER THIS
INCREASED, EARLY VOTING WILL
TRANSLATE INTO AN INCREASED
VOTER TURNOUT IN ALL AT THE
POLLS, THE CLERK TELLS ME AT
THIS POINT, IT IS HARD TO
TELL, NOW IN 2008.
THEY SAW 55% VOTER TURNOUT
HERE IN MARION COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO GET TO
VOTE EARLY, THEY DO START
EXTENDED VOTING HOURS
TOMORROW.
THEY WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00