Indiana voters this year are asked to decide whether to amend Indiana's constitution with language that requires the legislature to pass balanced budgets.

The ads include messages on voter registration, polling locations and election security.

Joe Donnelly is among a handful of Senate Democrats in such red states as Missouri, Tennessee and West Virginia who are desperately trying to distance themselves from an ascendant left wing of the party that is fueled by opposition to President Donald Trump.

Officials in East Chicago are sending new absentee ballots after a school board candidate's name was missing.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles says license branches will extend their hours next week to issue ID cards and driver's licenses for identification at polling places during the general election.

Democrat Kerry Forestal and Republican Brian Durham are running for Marion County Sheriff. Current Sheriff John Layton (D) could not run again because of term limits.

The two property tax referenda would cover building repair, safety improvements and teacher raises.

The five new sites are the result of a settled lawsuit filed against the county's election board.

Data from the Secretary of State's office show that as of Thursday, more than 292,000 Hoosiers had either voted at early voting centers or through mail-in ballots.

Homeowners on the city's northside and downtown neighborhoods will pay the highest tax increase in the city if both IPS property tax referenda pass, according to an analysis by WFYI News and SAVI, a public data program at IUPUI's Polis Center.