This was the first time in 10 years that Marion County used satellite voting sites. Nearly 8,000 people came out to vote Sunday alone -- the largest single day total for in-person early voting ever in Marion County.

Indiana's early voting turnout this year is well ahead of the last two midterm elections.

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.

Attorney General Curtis Hill's motion to withdraw a settlement agreement to create early voting centers was met with criticism from Secretary of State Connie Lawson, who called Hill's filing "reckless."

The creation of new early voting sites requires a unanimous vote from the Election Board. In his motion Attorney General Hill says that vote never happened.

The Marion County Election Board has approved six additional early voting sites for this year's General Election.

Common Cause Indiana and two branches of the NAACP filed a federal lawsuit against the board last summer.

Voters had until noon Monday to cast an early vote in the May primary.

A federal judge ruled Marion County must provide at least two new early voting satellite sites before the November election.