Welcome to Election Day: A last-minute Voter Guide

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WELCOME TO ELECTION DAY: A LAST-MINUTE VOTER GUIDE

The final day of early voting in Tippecanoe County came with a 45-minute wait after the noon cutoff. The tally after the first month of voting: 16,060 in-person voters, along with another 2,220 mail-in ballots, according to county election office counts Monday.

Here’s what’s at stake and how to navigate things today.

CHECK WHO IS ON YOUR BALLET

• The Indiana Secretary of State’s portal has that. Go to IndianaVoters.com and click on “Who’s on the ballot.”

• Vote411.org, powered by the League of Women Voters, offers a similar feed. Key in your address and get ballot information, voter guides, candidate Q&As and more.

(Photos: Dave Bangert)

WHERE TO VOTE TIPPECANOE COUNTY

Polls are open 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday. With Tippecanoe County’s new MicroVote Infinity System, expect poll workers to walk you through how to use the push-button voting machines and how to check the paper trail before leaving you to it.

The county has 16 vote centers open today. Tippecanoe County voters may go to any of the polling places in the county. Bring a valid ID. If you wind up with questions, the Indiana Secretary of State will staff its toll-free Hoosier Voter Hotline at 866-IN-1-VOTE, where voters may speak directly to a representative for information, polling locations and to file grievances.

Polling places …

Lafayette

• Lafayette City Hall, 20 N. Sixth St., Lafayette

• Northend Community Center, 2000 Elmwood Ave., Lafayette

• Lafayette Fire Station No. 5, 750 N. Creasy Lane, Lafayette

• Eastside Assembly of God, 6121 E. County Road 50 South, Lafayette

• Tippecanoe County 4-H Fairgrounds, 1400 Teal Road, Lafayette

• River City Community Center, 2842 Old U.S. 231, Lafayette

• Evangelical Covenant Church, 3600 S. Ninth St., Lafayette

• Wea Ridge Baptist Church, 1051 E. County Road 430 South, Lafayette

West Lafayette

• Faith West Community Center, 1920 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette

• Margerum City Hall, 222 N. Chauncey Ave., West Lafayette

• Krach Leadership Center, Purdue University, 1198 Third St., West Lafayette

• Wabash Township Fire Station No. 1, 2899 Klondike Road, West Lafayette

Outside Lafayette/West Lafayette

• Tippecanoe Volunteer Fire Station No. 2, 448 W. County Road 650 North, West Lafayette

• Battle Ground Fire Station No. 1, 112 North St., Battle Ground

• Gathering Point Church, 7201 Wesleyan Drive, Dayton

• Stockwell United Methodist Church, 6941 Church St., Stockwell

CANDIDATE Q&As IN RACES TO WATCH

School boards

Candidates in West Lafayette, Lafayette and Tippecanoe school board races answered Based in Lafayette questions here:

• Candidate Q&A: West Lafayette school board, six for three seats

• Candidate Q&A: LSC school board, four seats on the ballot

• Candidate Q&A: TSC school board, seven candidates in three districts

Congress

• League Q&As, U.S. House, 4th District: Republican Jim Baird vs. Democrat Roger Day

• League Q&As, U.S. Senate: Republican Todd Young, Democrat Thomas McDermott and Libertarian James Sceniak

General Assembly

Four of the seven Indiana House and Indiana Senate seats with districts that include Tippecanoe County are contested. (Incumbents running uncontested: Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, District 22; Rep. Sharon Negele, R-Attica, District 13; and Rep. Heath VanNatter, R-Kokomo, District 38.) Here are the Based in Lafayette Q&As with candidates in the contested races.

Note: Also find Q&As and video interviews, where available, from the League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette.

• Q&A, Indiana Senate District 23: Republican Spencer Deery vs. Democrat David Sanders

• Debate takeaways, Indiana House District 26: Democrat Chris Campbell vs. Republican Fred Duttlinger

• Q&A, Indiana House 27: Democrat Sheila Klinker vs. Republican James Hass

• Q&A, Indiana House District 41: Republican Mark Genda vs. Democrat Greg Woods

• League Q&As, Indiana Senate: District 22 and District 23

• League Q&As, Indiana House: District 26, District 27, District 41, District 13 and District 38

Tippecanoe County races

• Q&A: Tippecanoe County commissioner, Tracy Brown vs. James Werner

• Q&A: Tippecanoe County Council, four seats

• Q&A: Tippecanoe County sheriff, Democrat Bob Goldsmith vs. Republican Jason Huber

• League Q&As, Tippecanoe County offices, including: County commissioner, County Council and sheriff

Township trustee races

• Q&A, Fairfield Township trustee: Democrat Monica Casanova vs. Republican April O’Brien

• Q&A, Wabash Township trustee: Republican Eric Hoppenjans vs. Democrat Angel Valentin

• League Q&As, township races, including: Fairfield Township trustee, Wabash Township trustee

Election Day updates today, tonight: For updates during the day and links to results after polls close, follow me on Twitter (yes, I’m still on Twitter): @davebangert.

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(Photo: Dave Bangert)

THE BMV, PANHANDLING AND AIRBNBs: WEST SIDE, UPDATES

Here are a few updates from Monday’s West Lafayette City Council meeting on a handful of moves previewed here over the weekend.

ON THE BMV: The city council voted unanimously to tell the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles that it doesn’t like the idea of losing the West Lafayette license branch. Doesn’t like it, at all.