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The Indiana University Police Department releases the police log for IU’s Welcome Week; former Bedford North Lawrence High School teacher Nathan Woodward was convicted today of seducing a 17-year-old student last month; local police have initiated the “Get Street Smart” education campaign to inform pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers about how to share the road more cooperatively; the Monroe County Library board of trustees passes its budget projections and tax rate requests to the county council, despite establishing actual revenue or expense projections.
FEATURE
One vote by one person on one board could keep thousands of Monroe County voters from casting their ballots in satellite voting locations. That’s exactly what happened last week as the fate of satellite voting centers in Monroe County rested in the hands of just one person on the county election board. The board has only three members –county clerk Jim Fielder plus one representative from both the Democrat and Republican parties. In 2008 the board voted to host satellite voting on IU's campus, at the Sherwood Oaks Church, and at the Ellettsville Fire Department. Around 4400 votes were cast at those centers, nearly seven percent of total voter turnout. But the board membership has changed, and the new Republican appointee on the election board, Judith Smith-Ille, says she doesn’t think voter turnout will merit spending the money to run the satellite centers - money that was already appropriated for that purpose by the county council. In order to move forward with satellite voting, the Election Board vote must be unanimous, so Smith-Ille’s “nay” vote in effect blocks satellite voting for this entire community. The Democrat election board member Jan Ellis is attempting to revive the issue by calling for another vote at a meeting going on right now at the Justice Building. This morning, local Democrats held a press conference urging the board to approve satellite voting. We take you on-location to hear from an ensemble cast of local Dems, with introductory remarks by local party chair Rick Dietz.
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