Rain means early Election Day turnout light so far in Monroe County primaries
This is a log of B Square Bulletin visits to different polling locations through the day on May 5, 2026. It will be updated through the day as resources allow.
Election Central voting location where some precincts are assigned to vote on Election Day. It’s just Bloomington 3,Bloomington 6, Bloomington 19, and Bloomington 20 voters who are assigned to cast their ballots here. Check the online lookup tool to confirm where to vote. (Dave Askins, May 5, 2026)
It was a rainy start to primary Election Day in Monroe County. At Election Central at the North Showers building on Morton Street in downtown Bloomington, Monroe County clerk Nicole Browne opened the polls at 6 a.m. sharp. She delivered he announcement in the statutorily required loud tone of voice.
Polling locations log
Election Central at North Showers. 6:00 a.m. There was no one in line to hear Browne’s announcement opening the polls. The first voter showed up around 6:05 a.m. While many voters are casting their ballots today, the absentee ballots that were mailed in and the ballots that were voted early in person are also getting processed at Election Central today. Scanning of those already-voted ballots is not allowed until Election Day.
Boys and Girls Club. 6:23 a.m. Two people have voted so far. There was a technology glitch with the driver’s license scanning function on the electronic poll books, which meant that poll workers were instructed to use a backup strategy of entering voter information manually. One voter didn’t have time to wait for the issue to get sorted out, so they left with the intent to return later in the day. A few minutes later, the driver’s license scanning function has been restored and two more voters were checked in with the pollbook scanner as The B Square watches.
Indiana Memorial Union. 6:52 a.m. Just one person has voted so far. Pollworkers here have not experienced the driver’s license scanning glitch. But a member of the IT team from B&L IT Services, the county’s election equipment consultant, confirms to The B Square it was a systemwide issue that has now been resolved. The IMU marks the first candidate encounter. Joe Davis is running for county clerk and arrives to place signs at the IMU. The two other candidates in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for clerk are Tree Martin Lucas and Tanner Branham.
County clerk’s emailed update. 8:00 a.m. The emailed update from county clerk Nicole Browne says around 800 people countywide have voted so far today.
Bloomington High School South. 8:18 a.m. So far 46 votes have cast a ballot at this location. Tree Martin Lucas has a campaign volunteer working this location. Martin Lucas is one of three candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination for county clerk. The other two are Joe Davis and Tanner Branham. Julie Hays is the only Republican on the ballot.
Here representing his own campaign for county commissioner is Trent Deckard. He is competing with David Henry for the Democratic Party’s nomination for District 1 county commissioner. Also here is Jeremy Goodrich, who is running for one of three Democratic Party nominations to the Perry Township board. Also running are Jack Davis, Susie Hamilton, Jenny Olmes-Stevens and Barbara Sturbaum.
Bloomington High School North. 8:48 a.m. So far 45 voters have cast a ballot at this location. There are campaign signs but no candidates here.
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