(La Porte County, IN) - There’s been a noticeable increase recently in early voting in La Porte County.
La Porte County Clerk Heather Stevens said average wait times have increased over the past week from 10 minutes to 20 minutes at the early voting locations. She said poll workers are “hustling trying to get everybody’s machine started and get everybody checked in to keep the lines down.”
The early voting sites are at the La Porte County Fairgrounds, the county government complex in Michigan City at 8th and Wabash streets, Wanatah Town Hall and the Wills Township Community Building.
As of 2:30 this afternoon, Stevens said 7,018 early votes had been cast at the fairgrounds while 5,483 voters cast early ballots in Michigan City. There were 982 early votes in Wanatah; 694 in Wills Township while 766 people used the mobile voting unit to vote early.
Stevens said voters should not be discouraged if they arrive at an early voting location that’s busy.
“If you do see a line, they go quickly so don’t be intimidated by a little bit of a line,” she said.
