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Voting 2020
Plan for your 2020 election! Check www.indianavoters.gov to be sure you are registered to vote. Registration for the November election ends October 5. Take advantage of early voting hours to avoid long lines and the risk of infection. Early voting begins October 6. If you're eligible for absentee voting, you can apply for your mail-in ballot now. The sooner the better! Click on one of our Voter Quick Start buttons below for more details or go over our Voter FAQs. Go to our Voter Service page for additional information.
The Keys to the Candidates is our local voter guide that compiles candidates' views on selected issues. This is a nonpartisan guide, presenting candidates' answers in their own words. Click the button below for the online version published by the Bloomington Herald-Times. A pullout section was also included in the September 26 newspaper and is available at various locations around the county.
Click on the VOTE411 button for broader nonpartisan candidate information. Unopposed races are included as well as additional questions. Click on the button below, fill in your address, click Submit, then click Explore Now, then Go to My Races.
There are questions on the ballot as to whether incumbent judges should be retained. To look at oral arguments and written opinions of these judges along with biographical information, click on the button below.
To watch the 9th District U.S. representative forum conducted by the League of Women Voters of Brown County, click the button below.
Interviews with candidates by the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce.
News and Events
List of Services
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Learn about the Election Process
In this podcast, Jim Allison interviews Karen Wheeler, election supervisor for Monroe County. Topics range from voting security, to COVID safety, to paper and mail-in ballots.
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Learn about Gerrymandering
Jim Allison covers a wide range of questions in an interview with George Hegeman, a League member who is active in redistricting reform efforts.
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Learn about Big Ten Voting Challenge
Our podcast series moves to Indiana University, where host Jim Allison talks to Josephine McCormick, IU Pace Student and Big Ten Voting Challenge liaison, on how to engage young people in the voting process.
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Climate Solutions Forum
On October 8, the League and the local Citizens' Climate Lobby co-sponsored a forum on climate solutions. The recording of this program will be available shortly.
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Voter Suppression Films
The recordings of the programs for "Suppressed: The Fight to Vote" and "UnCivil War: U.S. Elections Under Siege" are now accessible via CATS TV. Click on the link below to go to the webpage.
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Contact the League
Interested in the League? Visit our Membership webpage or contact our Membership Chair (members1@lwv-bmc.org).