5 more early voting sites will open in Marion County on Saturday

Hoosiers looking to cast their ballots early in Marion County will soon have access to five additional early voting sites. 

The new in-person early voting locations in Marion County will be open from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1. The locations are:

• Krannert Park Community Center, 605 S. High School Road, Indianapolis
• MSD Lawrence Admin Building, 6501 Sunnyside Road, Indianapolis
• Perry Township Government Center, 4925 Shelby St., Indianapolis
• St Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 W. 86th St., Indianapolis
• Warren Township Government Center, 501 N. Post Road, Indianapolis

Each satellite location will be open for voting Oct. 26-30 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m and on the weekends of Oct. 24 and Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

They join the Indianapolis City-County Building which is open for early voting Oct. 6-23 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 26-30 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Nov. 2 from 8 a.m. to noon. The building will be open every weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Wednesday also marked the opening of five new early voting sites in Hamilton County that will remain open through Oct. 31. Those sites are:

• Jill Perelman Pavilion, 3000 W. 116th St., Carmel
• Mercy Road Church, 2381 Pointe Parkway, Carmel
• Billericay Park Building, 12690 Promise Road, Fishers
• Roy G Holland Memorial Park Building, 1 Park Drive, Fishers
• Westfield City Hall, 130 Penn St., Westfield
• Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000-1 E. 151st St, Carmel

The additional Hamilton County sites are open Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In Hamilton County, people can also vote at the Hamilton County Judicial Center and the Hamilton County Fairgrounds Annex Building through Nov. 2.

The Judicial Center will operate Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Annex Building is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

On Nov. 2, the hours at both the Judicial Center and the Annex Building will be 8 a.m. to noon.  

All registered voters can vote early in-person. To vote early, a registered voter needs only a valid photo ID. 

Due to coronavirus, all voters must wear a mask and keep a safe distance from others whenever possible while voting in-person, according to the state's voter website. 

During the first week of early voting in Marion County, about 11,550 people had voted early in-person. The Marion County Clerk’s Office had also received 39,328 mail-in ballots.

This number of in-person voters is up about 58% from the 2016 presidential election, when only 7,300 voters had cast in-person absentee ballots after the first eight days, according to county numbers.

Daily voter totals are also up, with at least 1,200 people voting at the City-County Building's early voting site each day, although the number has reached above 1,600 three out of the eight days it has been open.

The highest number of early voters during the same time in 2016 was only 986. 

Hoosiers can learn about who is on their ballot at the indianavoters.in.gov voter portal.

Pulliam Fellow Lydia Gerike contributed to this story.

Call IndyStar reporter Justin L. Mack at 317-444-6138. Follow him on Twitter: @justinlmack.