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Constituents cast their ballots Nov. 5, 2024, at Chin Christian Church in Indianapolis. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Latishea Varnesdeel (left) and her daughter Timea Lewis smiles as poll workers shout for a first time voter Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. “I think I get more excited [to vote] than most people,” Varnesdeel said. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

People in line at the Ben Davis High School polling site waited more than 90 minutes to vote, Nov. 5, 2024. Credit: Enrique Saenz/Mirror Indy

First-time voter Taniya Smith signs in to vote Nov. 5, 2024, at Flanner House in Indianapolis. Poll workers applauded as she completed her ballot. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Two voters pose for a photo at a polling location in Indianapolis, IN. — William Adams and Nicholas Hillman after voting at CAFE.

A person posing in front of a vehicle in Indianapolis. — William Adams and Nicholas Hillman after voting at CAFE.

People wait in line to vote Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

A poll worker holds stickers Crispus Attucks. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Polling clerk Claire Helmen helps a voter get checked in at the polling location at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site on Nov. 5, 2024. “I volunteered for the first time for the 2020 election because of the really long wait lines for voting, and so I wanted to help out in any way that I could,” Helmen said. Credit: Nate Pappas for Mirror Indy

Yvette Fancher (right) helps first-time voter Sam Davis prepare his ballot after he voted for the first time on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, at the City-County Building in Indianapolis. Fancher is retired and served 23 years in the U.S. Army. “It’s for the voters,” she said of her volunteering. Davis said, “I feel really good. Everybody has a duty to do it, if there’s hope for a better future.” Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

(From right) Ariyanna Stewart, her great-grandmother Dorothy Armstrong and grandmother Stephanie Groves exit the polls after voting on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, at Washington Township Government Center in Indianapolis. “It’s exciting,” Stewart said, after she voted for the first time. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Mark McGuire, husband of a candidate for state representative Julie McGuire, sits outside Chin Christian Church in support of his wife Nov. 5, 2024, in Indianapolis. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Voters were in-and-out in under 5 minutes when heading to the polls shortly before noon Nov. 5, 2024, at Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Mike and Ginger Clemens pose for a picture outside the Rhodius Park Family Center polling place Nov. 5, 2024. Credit: Enrique Saenz/Mirror Indy

People check in to vote Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Carolyn Flanagan (right) votes with her three children on Election Day at Washington Township Government Center. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Doug Shockley parks cars on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, at Washington Allisonville Christian Church in Indianapolis. “I didn’t know it was going to be this busy. I’m just guessing now,” Shockley said, laughing as he directed cars. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Voter Haidee Jones, 29, waits to vote at Southport Christian Church.

By 10:30 a.m. Nov. 5, roughly 417 people had casted a ballot at IPS Raymond Brandes School #65. Credit: Breanna Cooper/Mirror Indy

Three election clerks talk while working at the Broad Ripple Family Center. Credit: Nate Pappas for Mirror Indy

Pollworker Emily Robison (right) helps Latishea Varnesdeel submit her ballot Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. “I’ve done this for a few years,” Robison said. “I just enjoy being part of the process.” Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

A poll worker validates a voter before casting their ballot Nov. 5, 2024, at Chin Christian Church. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Sophie Gonyea hands an “I Voted” sticker to a voter at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Gonyea said that this was her first general election and she wanted to get experience in both voting and volunteering on election day. Credit: Nate Pappas for Mirror Indy

People enter a polling site Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

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Look: Election Day is alive in Indianapolis

by Mirror Indy team, Mirror Indy
November 5, 2024

<h1>Look: Election Day is alive in Indianapolis</h1>
<p class="byline">by Mirror Indy team, Mirror Indy <br />November 5, 2024</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11052024_Election2024_02-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39532" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Constituents cast their ballots Nov. 5, 2024, at Chin Christian Church in Indianapolis. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW030-1024x670.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39695" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Latishea Varnesdeel (left) and her daughter Timea Lewis smiles as poll workers shout for a first time voter Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. “I think I get more excited [to vote] than most people,” Varnesdeel said.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ELXBenDavis2-scaled-e1730850200272-1024x625.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39596" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">People in line at the Ben Davis High School polling site waited more than 90 minutes to vote, Nov. 5, 2024.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11052024_Election2024_11-1-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39565" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">First-time voter Taniya Smith signs in to vote Nov. 5, 2024, at Flanner House in Indianapolis. Poll workers applauded as she completed her ballot.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Docs-at-the-polls-Quentessa-2-edited.jpg" alt="Two voters pose for a photo at a polling location in Indianapolis, IN." class="wp-image-39719" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">William Adams and Nicholas Hillman after voting at CAFE.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Docs-at-the-polls-Quentessa-3-e1730843555781.jpg" alt="A person posing in front of a vehicle in Indianapolis." class="wp-image-39603" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A voter poses for a photo at CAFE.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW006-1024x725.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39519" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">People wait in line to vote Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11052024_Election2024_09-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39539" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A poll worker holds stickers Crispus Attucks.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MelindaStone-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39491" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voter Melinda Stone at the Municipal Gardens Family Center.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_NP003-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39571" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Polling clerk Claire Helmen helps a voter get checked in at the polling location at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site on Nov. 5, 2024. “I volunteered for the first time for the 2020 election because of the really long wait lines for voting, and so I wanted to help out in any way that I could,” Helmen said.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW023-1024x701.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39663" style="width:810px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Yvette Fancher (right) helps first-time voter Sam Davis prepare his ballot after he voted for the first time on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, at the City-County Building in Indianapolis. Fancher is retired and served 23 years in the U.S. Army. “It’s for the voters,” she said of her volunteering. Davis said, “I feel really good. Everybody has a duty to do it, if there’s hope for a better future."</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW016-1024x706.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39677" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(From right) Ariyanna Stewart, her great-grandmother Dorothy Armstrong and grandmother Stephanie Groves exit the polls after voting on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, at Washington Township Government Center in Indianapolis. “It’s exciting,” Stewart said, after she voted for the first time.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW007-1024x685.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39520" /></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW008-edited.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39682" /></figure><figcaption class="blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption">(Left) Chris Shaul photographs her daughter Izzy Shaul submitting her ballot after voting Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. (Right) Chris and Izzy take a selfie after voting.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11052024_Election2024_03-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39533" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Mark McGuire, husband of a candidate for state representative Julie McGuire, sits outside Chin Christian Church in support of his wife Nov. 5, 2024, in Indianapolis. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11052024_Election2024_07-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39537" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters were in-and-out in under 5 minutes when heading to the polls shortly before noon Nov. 5, 2024, at Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MikeandGingerClemens-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39492" style="width:810px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Mike and Ginger Clemens pose for a picture outside the Rhodius Park Family Center polling place Nov. 5, 2024.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW020-1024x705.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39660" /></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11052024_Election2024_08-edited.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39542" /></figure><figcaption class="blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption">(Left) LaSalle Luster (left) passes out leaflets for IPS School Board candidate Dee Thompson on Election Day at the City-County Building in Indianapolis. “We need someone on the board with teaching experience,” Luster said., (Right) Voters were in-and-out in under 5 minutes when heading to the polls shortly before noon at Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW003-1024x705.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39516" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">People check in to vote Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW014-763x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39675" style="width:295px;height:auto" /></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW015-1024x744.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39676" style="width:486px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Carolyn Flanagan (right) votes with her three children on Election Day at Washington Township Government Center.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW009-1024x698.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39669" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Doug Shockley parks cars on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, at Washington Allisonville Christian Church in Indianapolis. “I didn’t know it was going to be this busy. I’m just guessing now,” Shockley said, laughing as he directed cars.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/haidee-jones-edited.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39527" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voter Haidee Jones, 29, waits to vote at Southport Christian Church. </figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/elx_day-edited-2.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-39529" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Shade Olla, 36, votes at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_2066-scaled-e1730825410664-1024x655.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-39510" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">By 10:30 a.m. Nov. 5, roughly 417 people had casted a ballot at IPS Raymond Brandes School #65. </figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_NP011-e1730844729245-1024x725.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39691" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Three election clerks talk while working at the Broad Ripple Family Center.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_NP007-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39687" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kimberly Jackson casts her ballot at the Caring Place in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW004-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39517" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Pollworker Emily Robison (right) helps Latishea Varnesdeel submit her ballot Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis. “I’ve done this for a few years,” Robison said. “I just enjoy being part of the process.”</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11052024_Election2024_01-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39531" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A poll worker validates a voter before casting their ballot Nov. 5, 2024, at Chin Christian Church. Voters cast ballots at polling stations in the Indianapolis area, selecting candidates for various offices, including the U.S. presidency.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_NP004-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39572" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sophie Gonyea hands an “I Voted” sticker to a voter at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Gonyea said that this was her first general election and she wanted to get experience in both voting and volunteering on election day.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Election-Day-2024_JRW002-1024x679.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39515" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">People enter a polling site Nov. 5, 2024, on Election Day at Eskenazi Health Center Pecar on the northwest side of Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
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