Early voting has never happened in Fishers, so you might say noon on October 19th was an historic day at City Hall.

As the doors opened to welcome early voters, they began to file into the auditorium. Even though the line was long, there were no complaints, with voters happy to be able to early-vote much closer to home.

I talked to Susan Luce as she waited for the polls to open.  She is very happy about voting in Fishers.  “As a mother of 3 children, voting early, having that option, is very convenient because  on polling day, I’m working, so I don’t have a chance to stand in line for a long period of time,” Ms. Luce said.

Barbara Blakley was also happy to have the opportunity to vote in Fishers.  “I wanted to get it over with early and miss the lines,” she told me.

Hamilton County Elections Administrator Kathy Richardson was there to oversee the first day of Fishers voting.  She was not surprised at the large turnout.  Ms. Richardson told LarryInFishers her office sent all the equipment possible to set-up the early voting site at Fishers City Hall.

When the line of voters began to wrap around the first floor staircase, Richardson announced to the crowd the Noblesville early voting site had no line if people wanted to journey northward.  No one left.  They didn’t mind waiting a little longer in order to vote in their own city.

Here is the schedule for early voting at Fishers City Hall:

• October 19 from noon – 5pm
• October 20 from 2pm – 7pm
• October 21 from 10am – 3pm
• October 22 from 10am – 3 pm
• October 26 from noon – 4pm
• October 27 from noon – 5pm
• October 28 from 10am – 3pm
• October 29 from 10am – 3pm
• November 2 from 2pm – 7pm
• November 3 from 2pm – 7pm
• November 4 from 10am – 3pm
• November 5 from 10am – 3pm