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Jim Church (left) checks in to vote with polling clerk Neill Garber on May 7, 2024, at St. Augustine’s Home for the Aged on primary Election Day. Gaber is working his third election as a clerk at the polling site. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Voters cast their ballots for a variety of local, state and national offices during primary elections May 7, 2024, at Guion Creek Middle School. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Yvonne Laing gives out stickers to voters who cast ballots in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. “I’ve been voting since I was 18,” Laing said, who is retired. “It’s kind of a civic duty thing you should do. But it is a long day!” Laing would volunteer at the polls from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Les Miller (left), a longtime election clerk, talks with Ann Kurtz while she waits to vote the primary election May 7, 2024, at Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Kurtz forgot her ID card and home and her son went and got it for her. “People died so we could vote, so I’m taking advantage of it,” Kurtz said. “It’s important to me.” Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Gavin Poteet, an 18-year-old with political aspirations, waits outside a polling location where he passes out literature for Indiana Sen. Mike Young as voters arrive May 7, 2024, at Apostolic Life Church during the primary election. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Voters casted ballots for a variety of offices, both local, state and national, during primary elections May 7, 2024, seen here at Apostolic Life Church. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Voters cast their ballots for a variety of local, state and national offices during primary elections May 7, 2024, at Guion Creek Middle School. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Liz Brooks casts a vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Kathy Church (left) and her husband, Jim, cast their votes May 7, 2024, at St. Augustine’s Home for the Aged on primary Election Day. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Voters cast their ballots May 7, 2024, at Guion Creek Middle School. Voters casted ballots for a variety of offices, both local, state and national, during primary elections. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Voters were at the polls today casting their ballot for a variety of offices, both local, state and national, May 7, 2024, during primary elections. Signs on the doors of the Apostolic Life Church greet those going int to cast their ballot. Credit: Doug McSchooler for Mirror Indy

Billy Rent casts a vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

A line of residents waiting in line to vote at St. Luke's United Methodist Church — A line of residents waiting in line to vote at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on primary election day May 7, 2024. Credit: Michael Nolan/Mirror Indy

A voter prepares to enter the Rhodius Park Family Center polling place Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Credit: Enrique Saenz/Mirror Indy

Voters use ballot machines to vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Two people smiling standing in front of flags at the Global Village Welcome Center — Documenters Kayla Bledsoe and Janna Thomas on May 7, 2024 at the Global Village Welcome Center polling location in Indianapolis, IN. Credit: Janna Thomas/Mirror Indy

A person standing outside of Allisonville Christian Church, an official voting location. — Indy Documenter, Kelli Jack-Kelly, standing in front of Allisonville Christian Church, an official primary voting location, May 24, 2024. Credit: Sharlene Birdsong/Mirror Indy

A father and daughter smiling for a photo at a polling location. — Indianapolis City-County Councilor Brianne Delaney poses for a photo with her dad, Steve Delaney during the primary election on May 7, 2024. Credit: Michael Nolan/Mirror Indy

Jacob Korb, 30, at the Garfield Park Burrello Center for primary election day on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Credit: Mary Claire Molloy/Mirror Indy / Mirror Indy

Christine Konvolinka (right) talks to a voter after he casts his vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Konvolinka often shuts down her financial advising business and pays some of her employees to work the polls on election days. “I feel it’s my patriotic duty to give back my time to help people do what they’re supposed to do,” she said. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

Tim Floyd (left) and John VanDorn help voters check-in during the primary election May 7, 2024, at Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Credit: Jenna Watson/Mirror Indy

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Photos: Primary election day in central Indiana

by Mirror Indy team, Mirror Indy
May 7, 2024

<h1>Photos: Primary election day in central Indiana</h1>
<p class="byline">by Mirror Indy team, Mirror Indy <br />May 7, 2024</p>

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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM07-1024x863.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20798" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jim Church (left) checks in to vote with polling clerk Neill Garber on May 7, 2024, at St. Augustine’s Home for the Aged on primary Election Day. Gaber is working his third election as a clerk at the polling site.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM11-1024x682.jpg" alt="Voters cast their ballots " class="wp-image-20802" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters cast their ballots for a variety of local, state and national offices during primary elections May 7, 2024, at Guion Creek Middle School.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polls-voting_JRW11-1024x653.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20749" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Yvonne Laing gives out stickers to voters who cast ballots in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. “I’ve been voting since I was 18,” Laing said, who is retired. “It’s kind of a civic duty thing you should do. But it is a long day!” Laing would volunteer at the polls from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polls-voting_JRW22-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20909" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Les Miller (left), a longtime election clerk, talks with Ann Kurtz while she waits to vote the primary election May 7, 2024, at Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Kurtz forgot her ID card and home and her son went and got it for her. “People died so we could vote, so I’m taking advantage of it,” Kurtz said. “It’s important to me.”</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM09-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20800" style="width:810px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Gavin Poteet, an 18-year-old with political aspirations, waits outside a polling location where he passes out literature for Indiana Sen. Mike Young as voters arrive May 7, 2024, at Apostolic Life Church during the primary election.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM06-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20797" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters casted ballots for a variety of offices, both local, state and national, during primary elections May 7, 2024, seen here at Apostolic Life Church.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM02-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20793" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters cast their ballots for a variety of local, state and national offices during primary elections May 7, 2024, at Guion Creek Middle School.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polls-voting_JRW08-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20746" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Liz Brooks casts a vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM01-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20792" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kathy Church (left) and her husband, Jim, cast their votes May 7, 2024, at St. Augustine’s Home for the Aged on primary Election Day. </figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM05-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20796" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters cast their ballots May 7, 2024, at Guion Creek Middle School. Voters casted ballots for a variety of offices, both local, state and national, during primary elections.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM04-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20795" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters were at the polls today casting their ballot for a variety of offices, both local, state and national, May 7, 2024, during primary elections. Signs on the doors of the Apostolic Life Church greet those going int to cast their ballot.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polls-voting_JRW03-1024x672.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20691" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Billy Rent casts a vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20240507_130630-scaled-e1715107777126-1024x648.jpg" alt="A line of residents waiting in line to vote at St. Luke's United Methodist Church" class="wp-image-20820" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A line of residents waiting in line to vote at St. Luke's United Methodist Church on primary election day May 7, 2024.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20240507_120909-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20864" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A voter prepares to enter the Rhodius Park Family Center polling place Tuesday, May 7, 2024.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polling-locations_DM10-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20801" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters cast their ballots for a variety of local, state and national offices during primary elections May 7, 2024, at Guion Creek Middle School.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polls-voting_JRW05-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20693" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Voters use ballot machines to vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jan-and-Kayla--1024x576.jpeg" alt="Two people smiling standing in front of flags at the Global Village Welcome Center" class="wp-image-20838" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Documenters Kayla Bledsoe and Janna Thomas on May 7, 2024 at the Global Village Welcome Center polling location in Indianapolis, IN.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image_123650291-1-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="A person standing outside of Allisonville Christian Church, an official voting location." class="wp-image-20831" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Indy Documenter, Kelli Jack-Kelly, standing in front of Allisonville Christian Church, an official primary voting location, May 24, 2024.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BrienneDelaneyandDad_1-1024x728.jpg" alt="A father and daughter smiling for a photo at a polling location." class="wp-image-20825" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Indianapolis City-County Councilor Brianne Delaney poses for a photo with her dad, Steve Delaney during the primary election on May 7, 2024.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_3737-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20869" style="width:810px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jacob Korb, 30, at the Garfield Park Burrello Center for primary election day on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polls-voting_JRW21-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20908" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Christine Konvolinka (right) talks to a voter after he casts his vote in the primary election May 7, 2024, at Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Konvolinka often shuts down her financial advising business and pays some of her employees to work the polls on election days. “I feel it’s my patriotic duty to give back my time to help people do what they’re supposed to do,” she said.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/primary-elx_polls-voting_JRW19-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-20906" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Tim Floyd (left) and John VanDorn help voters check-in during the primary election May 7, 2024, at Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure>
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