Reporters hit the streets across the county asking voters about the top issues most important to them during this election, and who their vote will go to for president. Here is what they had to say:
Katy Poff
Edinburgh
Top issues: Safety/terrorism. Education
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Click here to purchase photos from this galleryPresidential pick: Not voting. “I feel like they are two different extremes. They don’t get the issues at hand.”
Dylan Green
Franklin
Top issues: Safety/terrorism
Presidential pick: Undecided
Ryanne Stanfield
Franklin
Top issues: Equality in race, gender, sexuality, everything. Women’s rights.
Presidential pick: Undecided, leaning toward Clinton
Butch Zike
Whiteland
Top issues: Security; what will we do with ISIS? How will we combat the economy that is sagging?
Presidential pick: Undecided
Edye Hawkins
Bargersville
Top issues: Constitutional rights
Presidential pick: Trump
Chris Kantmann
Franklin
Top issues: Jobs, getting people back to work. Repealing “Obamacare.”
Presidential pick: Trump
Bradley Jones
New Whiteland
Top issues: “Peace on earth, preventing turmoil in the world, taking care of the poor, feeding the hungry, veterans issues, environment, God.”
Presidential pick: Trump
Jean Devore
Greenwood
Top issue: “Integrity.”
Presidential pick: Gary Johnson
Robert Denning
Whiteland
Top issues: Immigration, gun laws, truthfulness, integrity, honesty, backing up what they say with action
Presidential pick: Clinton
Jason Halle
Whiteland
Top issues: Immigration, gun control, free speech
Presidential pick: Trump
Bryce Handy
Greenwood
Top issues: Social issues, fiscal soundness and accountability
Presidential pick: Clinton
Alice Pollert
Fort Wayne
Top issues: Leaders having integrity, country being strong
Presidential pick: Trump
Christina Johnson
Greenwood
Top issues: Insurance and “Obamacare”
Presidential pick: Trump
Alyssa Casper
Greenwood
Top issues: Ending abortion, protecting religious freedom and children’s safety
Presidential pick: Trump
Ernest Stigall
Greenwood
Top issues: Economic recovery
Presidential pick: Trump
Lawrence Mowat
Greenwood
Top issues: Washington, D.C. needs change
Presidential pick:Â Undecided. “The two choices are not good choices.”
Lisa Leuchanin
Greenwood
Top issues: School choice, protecting the Constitution
Presidential pick: Trump
Ella Ward
Greenwood
Top issues: Protecting citizens’ rights, “My forefathers died so I could carry a gun if I want to.”
Presidential pick: Trump
Ed Wolfington
Franklin
Top issues: Addressing crime issues.
Presidential pick: Trump
John Montgomery
Franklin College
Top issues: Immigration, protecting rights for all people, combating poverty. “It seems like people have declared war on a lot things. Poverty has kind of been forgotten.”
Presidential pick: Clinton
Sarah Ramone
Indianapolis
Top issues: Women’s rights, diversity and civil rights
Presidential pick: Clinton
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Here is a look at where and when you can vote early:
Today, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Johnson County Courthouse, 5 E. Jefferson St., Franklin
Today, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Former Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria, 100 Byrd Way, Greenwood
Franklin Community Center, 396 Branigin Boulevard (State Street), Franklin
Mount Pleasant Christian Church, 381 N. Bluff Road, Greenwood
Trafalgar Public Library, 424 S. Tower St., Trafalgar
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mount Pleasant Christian Church
Trafalgar Public Library
Former Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria
Johnson County Courthouse
Edinburgh Public Library, 119 W. Main Cross St, Edinburgh
Monday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Johnson County Courthouse
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