Depending on who wins the four seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners, there could be an ideological tilt on the seven-member board that leads to drastically different outcomes.

Some buildings and businesses in downtown Indianapolis have boarded up windows and taken other security steps to prepare for possible unrest surrounding Election Day.

More than 1.7 million Hoosiers have cast their ballots early this election -- that's nearly double the number who voted early in 2016.

The Marion County Clerk's office expects a record turnout for this year's election. More than 200,000 people had already cast votes before the final day of early voting in the county.

In 2016, President Donald Trump campaigned on promises to save U.S. manufacturing jobs from leaving the country, including hundreds at the Indianapolis Carrier plant.

The Marion County Election Board voted unanimously to open Lucas Oil Stadium for early voting this weekend.

Gov. Eric Holcomb insists Hoosiers are safe at polling places across the state amid the ongoing pandemic. That's despite a record new number of COVID-19 cases, long lines at the polls and some county clerks who refuse to follow Holcomb's mask-wearing order.

Indiana educators say the stakes for schools are particularly high in this year's election especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 560,000 Hoosiers requested mail-in ballots for the November election -- a record for Indiana. And more than 460,000 of those ballots were returned.

WFYI Government and Policy Reporter, Jill Sheridan spoke to both 7th district candidates -- by phone
to observe social distancing -- about issues including health care, pandemic response, racial justice and economic recovery.