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    Here's how to see early voting wait times in Marion, Hamilton counties
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    Here's how to see early voting wait times in Marion, Hamilton counties

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    With the election just days away, Hoosiers will be casting their presidential candidate votes on the ballot for local school board candidates.

    Early voting is already underway across the state, and in Marion and Hamilton counties, nearly 148,000 people had voted by mail or in person as of Monday. Early voters have seen long lines in some locations in central Indiana, but tools for voters in Marion, Hamilton and Boone counties can help plan ahead.

    For those still planning to vote early in Marion County, click here to take a look at estimated wait times at the early voting location. The website is managed by the Marion County Election Board.

    More: Here's where and when Marion County residents can vote early in the general election

    As of about 9 a.m. Thursday, the wait at the early voting center in the Indianapolis City-County Building was an estimated 16 minutes. The county's eight other early voting centers open at 11 a.m. and the website had not yet been updated with wait times for those locations as of Thursday.

    Hamilton County residents and voters in Allen, Boone and Vigo counties can click here to see their estimated wait times at early voting locations.

    The site is maintained by IN Tech for Progress, launched in 2020 by local tech companies and individuals in Indiana. According to the organization's website, its goal was to develop an app that would give the public insight into real-time information about wait times at polling places.

    More: Where can I vote early in Carmel, Fishers and other cities in Hamilton County?

    Of the nine polling locations in Hamilton County, seven don't open until 2 p.m. The website shows that the two polling stations, which were already open on Thursday, are busy in the morning. As of about 11:30 a.m., there was an estimated 38-minute wait to vote at the Judicial Center in Noblesville and 76 minutes at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds.

    Most early voting centers in Boone County open at 1 p.m., but the website showed an estimated wait time of 35 minutes at the Boone County Courthouse around 11:30 a.m

    IN Tech for Progress was founded in Marion County and has since expanded to the four additional counties it now covers in addition to Marion County. According to the group's website, it is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

    “The more welcoming, sustainable and equitable Indiana can be, the wealthier we all will be,” states the IN Tech for Progress website. “We are an organization of people with technical backgrounds who believe that if our community becomes more engaged with our government, we can make progress toward that future together.”

    Contact Jake Allen at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @Jake_Allen19.

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