1 day left until Election Day in Indiana

Tomorrow is Election Day and IndyStar continues to provide you with the information you need about the Hoosier State's most important races in 2024.

Candidates spent the weekend making their final campaign pitches to voters, from the Indiana Republicans' “Freedom and Opportunity” bus tour to a rally in Jeffersonville with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who helped rally the Indiana Democrats for to cheer on the party's gubernatorial candidate, Jennifer McCormick.

Early voting will also continue until noon today in Marion and Hamilton counties.

Stay tuned to IndyStar as we bring you live updates ahead of Election Day tomorrow. Read our live coverage from last week here.

What's on the agenda of the two leading candidates for governor the day before decision day? Lots of press spots.

Braun takes calls and video conferences from his temporary campaign office at Meyer Distributing in Jasper. McCormick is in Indianapolis.

Both will be back in the capital on election day. McCormick said she plans to work the phones and maybe hit a few rounds of voting in Indianapolis, and will end up at the state Democrats' watch party at the Athenaeum. Braun has no concrete plans ahead of the Republican election party at the JW Marriott. He assumes that the detailed work is pretty much done at this point. (Both campaigns crisscrossed the state this past weekend.)

According to the State Department, more than 1.5 million Hoosiers have already voted. McCormick, whose best poll put her at 41%, is hoping for moderate Republican voters to get her over the finish line. She interpreted Braun's telerally with Donald Trump on Thursday as a “last attempt” to shore up support from his base.

Braun has more of a “why not” attitude, calling it “just another reinforcement.” When asked whose idea it was, Braun said, “I think it was mutual.”

“I always find that when you have an offer for someone to help you, or there is something else you can do just by putting in the time and effort you put into it, I am convinced.” a healthy paranoia or something like that,” he said. “Just don’t assume things will go well. Plan for it not to work out and then work through it.”

-Kayla Dwyer

If you go to the polls tomorrow on Election Day, make sure you are prepared for long lines and possible afternoon rain.

The morning of Election Day is expected to remain dry, but there is a chance of rain Tuesday afternoon, said Cody Moore, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. The greatest potential for showers tomorrow is in southwest Indiana, closer to the Indiana-Illinois border, Moore said. But if you plan to vote in central Indiana in the afternoon, it's worth bringing an umbrella, he said.

Tuesday's temperatures are expected to be warm in November, with highs around 70 degrees, Moore said.

Polls are open statewide from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

-Brittany Carloni

With a little less than an hour until early voting officially ended, the line outside the Hamilton County Judicial Center stretched around the corner, down the block and down a flight of stairs that led to the White River river walk.

Jennifer Zink, a Fishers resident, said she had already been waiting about an hour and wasn't in the building yet.

“Someone told us it’s 40 minutes if you’re inside,” Zink said. It was raining off and on and several voters, including Zink, were prepared with umbrellas.

First-time voter Shelby Kamminga was at the back of the line around 11:15 a.m., determined to vote today. Accompanied by her mother, Lori Kamminga, Shelby said she was “nervous but excited.”

“Don’t miss this,” she said of her advice to voters. “This is definitely an important topic.”

Hamilton County Elections Director Beth Sheller confirmed to IndyStar that anyone in line by noon will be allowed to vote.

“At noon, someone is moved to the back of the line to secure it, and then whoever is in line until noon can still vote,” Sheller said.

-Hayleigh Colombo

Don't be afraid of the long lines on the last day of early voting. At least in Marion and Hamilton counties, if you get in line by noon — the time early voting ends today — you'll be allowed to vote, election officials in both counties said.

We repeat: Anyone in line by noon will vote as long as you stay in line.

As of 11:30 a.m., 97,000 people in Hamilton County have voted in person and 19,000 by mail. In Marion County, 132,312 people voted in person and 27,381 voted by mail as of the close of business yesterday.

-Kayla Dwyer

On the last day of early voting, the only polling place open in Marion County is the Indianapolis City-County Building. Although voting is only open until noon, the line snaked around the southern edge of the building and ended at the northwest corner of Alabama and Washington streets starting at 10:30 a.m

People in line were scrolling on their phones, wearing jackets and holding umbrellas. Near the entrance to the City County Building, people said they had been waiting in line since 9:30 a.m., including state Sen. Andrea Hunley, D-Indianapolis, who was in line with her daughters. The line still seemed to be growing. Sharonda Malone, who lives on the east side, said she didn't expect the wait to be as long as it was on the Monday before Election Day. “I’ll still wait,” she said. “It’s worth it.”-Brittany Carloni

Voters still faced long lines during early voting over the weekend.

Around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, voting at St. Luke's United Methodist Church took about an hour, and at the International Marketplace Coalition, voting took a total of an hour and 45 minutes as long lines formed inside the building.

We will also have reporters today checking how long the lines are and updating the live blog with wait times. You can also check wait times for Marion County lines here and wait times for Hamilton County locations here.

-Kaitlin Long

Can I vote early today?

Yes, but you have until noon if you live in Marion County or Hamilton County.

The Indianapolis City-County Building opens for early voting today at 8 a.m. and closes at noon.

In Hamilton County, early voting is available today from 8 a.m. to noon at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds and the Hamilton County Judicial Center, both in Noblesville.

If you live in one of the other 90 counties in Indiana, you can visit indianavoters.in.gov to see if your county has early voting hours today.

-Brittany Carloni

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