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INDIANAPOLIS — Your vote is your voice — that’s what Indianapolis residents are saying ahead of the primary election on Tuesday.
Voters tell WRTV issues like crime, infrastructure and housing are inspiring them to cast their ballots.
One of them is Lisa B. Shanklin, who always fulfills her civic duty to vote.
“Some people think that it’s just the presidential election and I keep trying to tell people that the reason you need to get out and vote is for people in the other offices. The people that run your city,” the west side resident said.
The most important issue on her mind is gun violence.
She recently attended the funeral of 23-year-old who was shot and killed in Indianapolis.
“Getting these guns off the streets. The mass shootings — it’s so much,” Shanklin said. “Everybody wants to holler that it’s their right to have a gun. It’s okay to have a gun but there has to be responsibility behind that.”
Over 9,000 people in Marion County voted early in this year’s municipal primary election.
Marion County Clerk Kate Sweeney Bell says if you’ve yet to cast your ballot, you should have a vote plan ahead of Tuesday.
“It will help if they know who they’re going to vote for. In this election, the primary election, voters must choose a party in which to vote — unless they live in Wayne, Center or Warren township. Each of those townships have a public question on the ballot,” Sweeney Bell said.
The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 186 sites across the county on Tuesday.
“It’s important for voters to remember that you must be registered to vote already and you have to bring your state issued ID, whether that’s a drivers license, ID card, passport which is federally issued or state school ID,” Sweeney Bell said.
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