Community Connection With Tina Cosby
Community Connection With Tina Cosby
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Community Connection - November 2 2026 - Tina Cosby open lines and later Julia Vaughn - Common Cause

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

As Election Day approaches, the excitement is palpable in Indianapolis and Marion County. This episode of Community Connection is a must-listen for anyone looking to make informed decisions at the polls. From discussions about the proposed amendment to the Indiana Constitution regarding bail to the importance of understanding the ballot questions, this episode covers it all.

The conversation starts with a caller who shares her experience voting early and the long lines she encountered. Tina Cosby and producer Eric G., discuss the importance of doing one's homework and researching the ballot questions before casting a vote. They also talk about the proposed amendment to the Indiana Constitution, which would allow judges to deny bail for any offense, and the potential consequences of this change. Tina and Eric emphasize the need for voters to be informed and to take the time to read the ballot questions carefully.

Julia Vaughn, Executive Director, Common Cause Indiana joins the discussion in the second half of the show. The episode also delves into the topic of voter suppression and the importance of protecting one's right to vote. A caller shares her experience with identity theft and the challenges she faced when trying to vote. The host and guests discuss the need for voters to be aware of their rights and to take steps to protect themselves from voter suppression tactics.

As Election Day approaches, it's more important than ever to be informed and engaged. This episode of Community Connection is a valuable resource for anyone looking to make their voice heard at the polls. Join the conversation and listen to this episode to learn more about the issues and topics that matter most to you.

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Speaker 1: Me were there any other early voting sites open today oh no unfortunately got another one from yeah okay yeah she was at she went to the Pike Township library no the Pike Township library branch and she said she and several other folks were over there waiting to vote and they were told that all the libraries were closed on Monday which I Probably is true. I mean, I don't know the library hours, but early voting at all of the satellite sites. If you're if you're planning on going to when you can't. Early voting ended yesterday at 6 p.m. yesterday at all of the satellite sites. And it ended today. At noon at the city county building. So there, as of what time is it? 104.34? Right now, early voting is over.
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Speaker 2: It's over.
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Speaker 1: There are no more opportunities to vote early. Your next opportunity to vote is tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: In person.
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Speaker 1: In person. And you have 182 at last count. Vote centers to choose from.
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Speaker 2: It's a whole lot.
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Speaker 1: Between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. 182. Mm-hmm. 182 different places where you will be, if you live in Indianapolis and Marion County, and I want to qualify.
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Speaker 3: Yes.
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Speaker 1: You know, I want to make sure you understand this is for Indianapolis and Marion County only.
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Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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Speaker 1: But, yeah, it's just too late. I'm sorry. The one, the last email that I got, it was a woman wanting to take her family member who's in a wheelchair to vote today.
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Speaker 4: Oh.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Oh, wow.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And there's just, I mean, and then the other.
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Speaker 4: I.
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Speaker 1: Hate that all those votes are standing there outside the light, not knowing what to do or not knowing where to go. And the one lady, she said, well, I'm sorry, I was sick and I hadn't really been keeping up. I didn't know. And I understand that. I understand that. But there's nothing more I can do is give information about tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: That's true.
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Speaker 6: And trying to keep track of the different hours can be a little difficult. You know, on certain days, vote centers are open until this time. Then today, it's this time. It can be a little difficult. But we try to keep you informed.
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Speaker 1: We try.
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Speaker 2: We try.
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Speaker 1: But Indianapolis and Marion County, you have choices. So many choices tomorrow. It is wonderful that there are that many opportunities and that many places where you can cast your votes. So just plan on, if you're planning on voting, planning, you know, the only option now or the best option now, the option now is to vote in person at one of any vote centers. And I have to remind you, and you can share this with others who may not know, People living in Indianapolis and Marion County are no longer assigned to a specific precinct to vote. You're in a certain precinct. That's true. And if you're comfortable voting where you've always voted, if it's always been a couple of steps from your house and there's no reason to change it, do it.
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 6: As I said off the air last week, maybe I said it on air, I wish that could be statewide.
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Speaker 1: Wouldn't that be great?
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Speaker 2: Because I live outside of.
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Speaker 6: Marion County, and I could vote here before coming into work or after. It would be great, but you can't do that yet.
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Speaker 1: No, not everywhere.
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Speaker 2: Not everywhere.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: But it's something that's really good for us here.
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Speaker 2: It is.
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Speaker 1: As is the law and the rule. If the lines are off the chain and all the way down to Greenwood from wherever you are, if the lines are that long, as long as you are in line by the time the cutoff ends, which is 5.59, 6 o'clock, you still get to vote. So don't think that when the clock strikes 6 o'clock and you're in line and you haven't gotten in that you have no opportunity to vote. Yes, you do.
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Speaker 4: You do.
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Speaker 2: And there are people that check. To see where the end of the line is.
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Speaker 1: There are people that watch.
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Speaker 2: That to make sure the line will end. And people that are trying to sneak in.
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Speaker 1: You don't want to be that person standing there saying, I'm only a minute late. Do not be that person.
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Speaker 8: No.
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Speaker 1: I'm only one minute late. Do not be that person. At least not in Indianapolis and Marion County where you have 182 vote centers. And I do understand some people work 6A to 6B.
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Speaker 2: Exactly.
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Speaker 1: But understand a few things about voting. Number one, your employer, by law, has to give you time to vote on Election Day. You have to be given time to vote. Number two, if you have any kind of accommodative needs, any kind of accommodation whatsoever, pregnant, handicapped, whatever, you are entitled to go to the front of the line. You do not have to wait.
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Speaker 2: Yes, that's true.
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Speaker 1: So if you need any kind of accommodations, you have any mobility problems whatsoever, you do not have to wait. You don't even, somebody was telling me, well, I thought I had to look in the, go in the handicap entrance or the, yeah, a handicap or ADA. You don't even have to look for a special interest. Go to the front of the line.
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Speaker 4: Right.
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Speaker 2: Go to the front.
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Speaker 1: If there is a special entrance and it works for you, by all means, go ahead. But the easiest thing is to spot somebody working the polls and go to the front of the line.
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Speaker 2: That's it.
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Speaker 1: That's it. Any kind of special accommodations that you may need that would prohibit you from being able to stand in line for long periods of time, you get to go to the front of the line. Number three, when you vote tomorrow, if you Have done some homework and made a lot of notes and aren't sure and still want, you know, that when you get in there, you're not sure what you're going to remember or what you may not remember. You are allowed to take materials.
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Speaker 9: You are.
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Speaker 1: Voter guides, your cell phone. You're allowed to take prompts.
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Speaker 2: You can.
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Speaker 1: To the voting booth.
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Speaker 2: That was so good to find that out to you.
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Speaker 10: That is wonderful.
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Speaker 2: And that information is so good to know.
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Speaker 1: Wonderful to find out.
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Speaker 6: Because for years in the past when I'd vote, I didn't know you could do that. And there's no time restraint on you.
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Speaker 1: That's the other thing. In Marion County. Now, here's what Kate Sweeney Bell said. Somewhere along the line, it's kind of like. you get, uh, you lose your horse if you spit on the sidewalk after six o'clock on the fourth of the month. You know what? One of those old, you see what I'm saying? It's somewhere along the line, somewhere there may be something that says you have so much time to vote. She said, that's ridiculous. And in Indianapolis and Marion County, we would never enforce anything like that. You have as much time as you need.
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Speaker 2: Right. That's true.
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Speaker 1: As you need to vote. And so, um, Those are just a few of the things that I wanted to share. And it just breaks my heart to hear these messages coming in at this, you know, this late hour. It really does. Because, man, can you imagine so many people showing up? But what does that tell you, though? What does that tell you that people are still not hearing it? They're still not getting the word out that we're still not. we're still not doing a good enough job of letting people know that all of these opportunities are available. These are the times that, what do I, I just wonder what needs to be done differently so that this doesn't continue to happen year in and year out. Cause it reeks of voter suppression.
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Speaker 2: That's true.
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Speaker 6: But I think maybe some of it could be talking about it even earlier before we get into maybe what mid September, start talking about it, explaining it then to those that are listening or, because people, for some reason, it's like if you wait until a few weeks.
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Speaker 2: Before, they just don't get it. It seems like it just goes overhead.
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Speaker 6: But earlier, maybe in September, earlier in September, when an election season's coming up, you can talk about it, explaining it so.
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Speaker 2: That people have an idea.
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Speaker 1: I wonder if there's a PAC or something that could run a public service announcement. Because we've got another election just as soon as this one's over, we've got the municipal one.
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Speaker 2: That's true.
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Speaker 1: And use public service announcement, public service time to run these spots or to put on buses or billboards or something. But I think some of it, too, is just a situation where people don't tune in until they're getting ready to do it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you're right.
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Speaker 1: I think folks, you know, they drown out all the noise because every day something different is going on or whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to.
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Speaker 2: OK, now I'll do it.
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Speaker 8: I'll do it.
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Speaker 3: I'll do it.
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Speaker 1: Now I'm ready.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: We were we were talking about and you you were talking about my daughter voted yesterday.
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Speaker 4: Uh huh.
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Speaker 1: And I my son will vote because he doesn't want you.
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Speaker 6: Mama's going to let him know.
00:09:32
Speaker 1: But I know his personality. He's going to do it tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: He'll vote tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: He'll vote tomorrow. Now, I know he didn't do it early because she did and he didn't answer me, but he'll do it. But, you know, he's not unlike, I guess, a lot of people like I'll just wait till Election Day.
00:09:47
Speaker 2: Right. Right.
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Speaker 1: She's a little different. She's I want to get it done. I want to get done early. And interestingly enough, she voted. Where did she vote? She voted at the Pike Township Library. yesterday. And she said when she got there, the line was unbelievable. And she was checking the website and it looked like it was a 45 minute wait. And I think she went. Seems like to me, she told me she was going and I was looking on my phone. It was right around the time of the Colts game starting.
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Speaker 3: Oh.
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Speaker 1: Sorry, remember, I don't want to answer too many more texts. I don't want to watch the game. That's terrible, but I did.
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Speaker 2: So you watched the game?
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Speaker 1: As much as I could.
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Speaker 4: Oh, okay.
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Speaker 2: I'll let you continue. We'll get to that later.
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Speaker 1: As much as I could, I did.
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Speaker 2: As much as you could.
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Speaker 1: But, yeah, and so I know it was around 1 o'clock, and she said, Mom, there's kids getting off buses. She said young kids because, you know, she's.
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Speaker 3: Wow.
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Speaker 1: Older now, but she said young kids. And she said, I love seeing that. And she said, I think somebody mistook me for one of them because they said, oh, I'm so glad you young people are out here voting. They don't know I'm almost 30. And I said, well, whatever. But she said that was just encouraging to see busloads.
00:11:01
Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely.
00:11:02
Speaker 1: And, you know, there was a massive souls to the polls after church, give or write, all weekend long. Because we talked with some folks about the go-to-vote bus being in Pike Township and Lawrence Township and Pike Township getting together. That was on Saturday. And the march to the polls and then the rides to the polls. And then yesterday, just so many organizations were involved in getting folks, even from church, the souls to the polls, which we talked about last week as well. So every day this weekend, there were... people getting folks to the polls to vote early in mass numbers. The buses were running. It was just an amazing thing to see and to witness. But anyway, she was there and witnessed some kids getting off the bus. And she said, oh, I don't know how long we're going to be out here. She said there was a guy behind me. who said, whoa, this line is long. And she said, and I was thinking in my head, please don't leave. And she said he didn't. But she said ultimately the line moved pretty well because once she got into the door and got inside, she saw that they had several voting machines, which I think made the lines go a lot quicker. She said it was tight. She said it was just about tight enough to where you could almost look over at somebody else's work, but not really. You couldn't look and see what somebody was doing. But she said it was really, you know, really good. And then, the people that come out and check the lines, you know, periodically.
00:12:33
Speaker 7: Oh, yes.
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Speaker 1: She said that one of the guys said, boy, this is awfully quiet out here. The line is long. It's a little drizzle. Why is everybody so quiet? And she said, well, I'm going to focus. I'm thinking about what I'm going to do when I get in. And there were some other people that said the same thing. Everybody was just laser focused.
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Speaker 4: Focus.
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Speaker 2: Round of applause for you.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, round of applause. So, but yeah, she did it. And I was asking her question after question after question. I said, I just need to know so that, you know, I can share so people will know and understand what, you know, what it was like and what's going on. And I understand you voted.
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Speaker 2: I voted this morning, actually.
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Speaker 1: Oh, this morning.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, this morning.
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Speaker 6: I went to the government center in my county, voted there. When I got there, there was a line. People were coming in and out. By the time I got into line, in line. The line was extending.
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Speaker 2: More and more out into the, it was.
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Speaker 6: Growing and people were in a good mood, upbeat.
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Speaker 2: And there was a guy in front of me. He said, this is so important. We've got to do this. We've got to vote.
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Speaker 6: We've got to get this done today. It's good to be here.
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Speaker 2: I'm glad I'm here. He said, I'm glad you're here. Glad you're here.
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Speaker 6: So, uh, people were voting and they, it was tight inside. There were people there voting. Once you got in.
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Speaker 2: Near the machine, you had to wait there.
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Speaker 6: Uh, but you couldn't see obviously what person was doing, but it was tight. People were voting. No one seemed upset. No one complaining and happy to be there. And for me, I was happy to be there to get it done.
00:14:01
Speaker 1: So yeah. If anybody voted over the weekend or even this morning, give us a call. Tell us what it was like. 317-480-1310. 317-480-1310. Would love to hear about your experience. Did you ride a bus this, this weekend? Uh, were you part of souls to the polls? I think, uh, I think our buddy Cameron was involved. You know, he has that bus company.
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Speaker 11: Yes, he does.
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Speaker 2: I'll bet he was.
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Speaker 1: And I think he, yeah, that was great community service that he volunteered and helped out with as well. So, so many people pulled together from so many different areas. And it was just a great thing to see.
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Speaker 2: All over the city.
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Speaker 1: All over the city. So thank you to everyone.
00:14:38
Speaker 10: Who did that.
00:14:38
Speaker 2: Tina, when I got done voting, I was like, yes, yes.
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Speaker 6: People were kind of, I saw some people walking out actually skipping.
00:14:46
Speaker 1: Seriously.
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Speaker 2: After having voted. They were like, this is great.
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Speaker 6: Just people upbeat, in line, no one, just waiting. The line was, when I came, there was a line up, quite a bit of a line out the door. But I was happy to get it done.
00:15:01
Speaker 1: I love the lines. I mean, because that tells me, usually midterm, even primaries, you just don't get lines.
00:15:11
Speaker 2: That's true.
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Speaker 1: And there's an awful lot on the minds of people, an awful lot on the minds of voters. So did you vote this weekend? Did you vote? um, uh, this morning, you know, have you voted recently? If, if so, let us know how it went, how, uh, how it, uh, how it went, I guess is, you know, I'll just say how it went. I don't want to ask too many leading questions. Anyway, 3 1 7 4 8 0 13 10 3 1 7 4 8 0 13 10. Uh, so far so good though. No, no issues, no trouble, no, no anything. So we love that. And I think tomorrow, um, Eric, before we go, we've got callers here and we certainly will, um, You know, we'll get to the phone lines really quickly. But the weather for tomorrow.
00:15:52
Speaker 6: The weather for tomorrow. Well, let's take a look here. As a matter of fact, some good news. Once I can get this to open.
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Speaker 10: There it is.
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Speaker 2: There it is. It's opening. Okay, we're good.
00:16:02
Speaker 10: We're good.
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Speaker 2: Okay, downtown right now, 56. It's cloudy.
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Speaker 6: It's overcast everywhere you look here, at least where we are here in central Indiana. Had some sprinkles and maybe some sprinkles this afternoon.
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Speaker 2: Otherwise, about 63. Tomorrow? Tomorrow? You ready for this?
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Speaker 6: 78 and mostly sunny. Yes, for election day.
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Speaker 1: 78 degrees and mostly sunny.
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Speaker 2: And mostly sunny tomorrow. It's going to be a great day to vote.
00:16:30
Speaker 1: Indeed.
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Speaker 4: Wow.
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Speaker 1: It doesn't get any better than that. It does not.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
00:16:35
Speaker 1: Well, let's go to the phone lines.
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Speaker 4: 317-480-1310.
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Speaker 12: 317-480-1310.
00:16:36
Speaker 1: Former Counselor William Duke Oliver is on the line. Counselor, how are you?
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Speaker 8: Yes, I am.
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Speaker 7: I'm so happy that you gave to get me in. Not information.
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Speaker 1: Of course, we're going to get you in.
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Speaker 7: Thank you. But about the referendum, I haven't voted yet, but I've been at the polls doing what I do. And it's kind of lengthy. And the voters that I was able to, you know, mesmerize with down in the city, kind of build it, et cetera. They weren't sure. they didn't know what we're talking about. I mean, a lot of us persons don't get the newspaper anymore, kind of listen to your show and NAACP and Urban League. And so far, I think, from what I know, you're the only one that's, not the only one, but certainly one that's been expressing to your listeners about those referendum questions. And there's some consensus about how many of us feel the same way about those questions that don't quite understand all that you have to read to come up with how you feel. If your mind ain't made up already known before you get there to the polling site and trying to read through all that, it's taking 10, 12, 15 minutes for the voter to vote. And then you're not sure to vote yay or nay on that.
00:18:13
Speaker 1: And Is that what you're, is you saying that's what you're hearing? You're hearing a lot of that?
00:18:20
Speaker 7: Yes, what I said, and what I'm asking for, if we could kind of shorten it and say, well, this is the way the consensus feels about the referendum question about the schools, et cetera, et cetera, you know, and, you know, try to get this thing, you know, public question number one, you know, it's, But a person charged with murder or not charged with murder, you know, vote yes or no. But when you read through that, it's kind of ambiguous. Do you vote yes or no? You see what I mean? And you may have to help me, at least me anyway, and many others out there that have been on your show about the consensus of most of us who live in the IPS old city of Indianapolis, I would call it. And those boundaries in a township and surrounding close by the other townships also. But anyway, the question on a public education, you know, yes or no. And of course, on question number one about the Constitution and judges being able to.
00:19:27
Speaker 3: Mm hmm.
00:19:29
Speaker 1: Well, a public question on the ballot, public question number one, and this is the summation or the summary that the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, they came on the show, spent about an hour, I think, and went through this, uh, you know, went through this quite a bit and they, they produced a, uh, a summary, uh, explanation and they took a number of questions about it. We've had several people talk about it, but from the, uh, from the Indiana black legislative caucus, the Indiana constitutional amendment on bail, uh, public question number one, uh, they say, what is this? This is a proposed amendment to article one, section 17 of the Indiana state constitution, uh, that would expand when a person can be denied bail. If approved by voters, it changes who can be held in jail without the option of release before trial. Currently, only people charged with murder or treason can be denied bail if the proof is evident or the presumption strong. the changes that they're asking you to say yes or no to is this would allow the denial of bail for any offense, any offense.
00:20:48
Speaker 7: If no or yes, the vote no or yes on this referendum, you know.
00:20:53
Speaker 1: It's not a referendum. It's a proposed amendment to the kind of, this one is a proposed amendment. The referendum has to do with particular school districts.
00:21:01
Speaker 3: Okay. Okay.
00:21:03
Speaker 1: And so the proposed change would allow the denial of bail for any offense if the proof is evident and the presumption strong and the state proves by clearing convincing evidence that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of persons. So the potential community impact. And again, this is a summary I'm sharing with you from the IBLC, which took a lot of time. to create this, but they're saying more people could be held in jail before trial, even for nonviolent offenses, if it's passed. Black and marginalized communities are disproportionately impacted by pretrial detention anyway. People held pretrial may lose jobs, housing, and custody of their children. Indiana already has overcrowded jails. This could increase that burden. And the standard of proof, clear and convincing evidence, is lower than beyond a reasonable doubt. In short, meaning that judges could hold people in jail as guilty without them having the presumption of innocence.
00:22:11
Speaker 7: That's quite a bit. You know, and.
00:22:16
Speaker 7: We've been, many of us have been, came up in a climate where we listen for the voices out there and then close to the table about, again, the NAACP, the Urban League, et cetera, et cetera, and various activists.
00:22:32
Speaker 3: In the community.
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Speaker 7: We are advocating, yay or nay, many of us just don't have or not, well, should take the time to read all of that.
00:22:43
Speaker 1: Well, in short, again, this is the summary. In short, do you want judges to be allowed to impose bail on any crime, regardless of the offense? Do you want judges to be able to decide that? Or do you want the Constitution to say the same, meaning the only denial of bail is is for murder or treason. Currently, the Indiana Constitution reads that everyone is entitled to bail with the exception of someone accused of murder or someone accused of treason. Meaning, the only two crimes in the state of Indiana where there is no bail are murder and treason. If we approve this amendment to the Indiana Constitution, That goes out the window, and a judge can decide that any offense, even before you've been tried, any offense can be denied bail. The person can be denied bail for any offense.
00:23:53
Speaker 7: Now, at the city county building yesterday, the question of calling out a bunch of names to vote for, et cetera, et cetera, I went straight to that and said, no, ask the people. Remember this, if this is on the referendum, public question, to vote no on that proposal, to deny judges the right to deny bail. Is that correct?
00:24:22
Speaker 1: Say that again.
00:24:22
Speaker 7: To vote no on that proposal.
00:24:26
Speaker 1: We can't tell you how to vote, but a number of people are saying no because they disagree with the premise of the amendment, the proposed amendment.
00:24:38
Speaker 7: Yes. And in the polling site yesterday, people in this line, almost a block long, mentioned that to them, please vote no, please vote no.
00:24:49
Speaker 1: Okay, well, if that's what they were doing, that's, yeah, that's what they were doing.
00:24:53
Speaker 8: Okay.
00:24:54
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:24:54
Speaker 7: I mean, we can't say that loud enough. I mean, you know, many, some people haven't read all of what you have read. And come down with a conclusion that no was satisfied there more than yes. But not knowing that, it's almost a guess on the people that was in line yesterday and the day before. You know, it's not sure, you know, and they listen to you and they follow and some knew and some didn't know. you know, got to wait and get inside and try to read that.
00:25:33
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I don't I don't if that is the case, I you know, that's that's unfortunate because I would like for everyone to know what's what is, you know, before them, what's in front of them before they step into the voting booth. And you are allowed if you haven't voted yet, you're allowed to go to the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus and find this page And this summary of the 2026 ballot question, public question number one and number two, you're allowed to take that with you to read through it to make your decision. You know, that's the most I can tell people. You are allowed, if you don't know and you haven't heard, take something with you so that you do know or so that you can look it up. You don't have to stand there panicked or frustrated not knowing and not knowing what to do. No, seriously. I mean, I just learned this this year.
00:26:29
Speaker 2: That's true.
00:26:30
Speaker 1: You can take it with you. You can take something with you to learn and to find out what it is. I can tell you that one of the best summaries... of public question number one does come from the Indiana black legislative caucus.
00:26:44
Speaker 7: Yeah.
00:26:45
Speaker 1: What I just read to you because they, I had them in here, they talked, they left the paper. They said, you know, you can go to their Facebook page. You can do a lot of, you know, there's a lot of things, but no one has to go in not knowing, you know, in the state of, you know, here, no, you don't have to go in not knowing if you have a cell phone, which 99% of us do.
00:27:06
Speaker 2: Look it up right there.
00:27:07
Speaker 1: Look it up.
00:27:07
Speaker 2: Right there.
00:27:08
Speaker 1: And look up a summary of it.
00:27:09
Speaker 2: Read it word for word.
00:27:10
Speaker 1: And it will tell you.
00:27:12
Speaker 2: And the summary is good.
00:27:13
Speaker 7: Now, we have activists and experts and everyone else at the table on the public question, on the corporation referendum on public education, on that particular discussion.
00:27:27
Speaker 1: For IPS. Now, there are several school districts around Indianapolis and Marion County that have referendums. Are you talking about IPSs? Lawrence Township has one. IPS has one. I believe Washington Township. Somebody that was voting told me that Washington. So it depends on where you live.
00:27:51
Speaker 2: That'll make a difference.
00:27:52
Speaker 1: That makes a difference. The IPS referendum is getting a lot of attention because there is the very real concern that the state government could take over IPS if the funding isn't found to do X, Y, and Z.
00:28:09
Speaker 7: Right, okay. So what I would do is you have to type in your address and then you get the correct ballot.
00:28:18
Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely.
00:28:19
Speaker 7: For your township.
00:28:20
Speaker 1: Right, sample ballot, yes.
00:28:25
Speaker 7: You and I and others can only hope that each township voter is clued in to what they want to happen in a school district and who's recommending it and what's, you know, you know, it's kind of tough. But that's what we do. And that's why I called. And you explained it. You and James and others, you're walking us through that. And we can't get enough of that because it's just there's a few of us, a few people that voted and just not waiting for The answer comes from somewhere, and they just.
00:29:04
Speaker 1: The answers are within ourselves.
00:29:07
Speaker 10: Those are our.
00:29:08
Speaker 1: And all we do is just point you to the correct resources. I mean, we have the answers. You know, the answers are there for us to get. We're not trying to tell people what to do, but I can certainly tell you where to find out information on how to do what you need to do if you're needing to vote.
00:29:25
Speaker 8: So.
00:29:27
Speaker 1: And if you want... I think what you're saying is you want... trusted organizations, trusted leadership, what is their position on this, this, this, and that, that's very good too. You can find out what the NAACP, the Urban League's position is on, you know, in terms of IPS. You can find those out. Just go to the Urban League. Go to the, you know, the NAACP. There are several. You just go to their Web pages or their Facebook page. They're very clear how they feel about the IPS referendum. If you listen to this radio station, you can hear a number of them on commercials or public service announcements.
00:30:08
Speaker 10: That's true.
00:30:09
Speaker 2: They're commercials.
00:30:10
Speaker 1: And their position is very clear as well.
00:30:13
Speaker 8: So, yeah.
00:30:14
Speaker 10: Yeah.
00:30:15
Speaker 1: It's there. It is there.
00:30:18
Speaker 5: Well, I'm going to do like everyone else. When we get to talking, I'm going to listen to the rest of your show. And it's basically going to come in. The opinion is going to come in. And to give us all knowledge about the situation that we're dealing with, all of us are dealing with, in the various.
00:30:34
Speaker 7: Townships in Marion County.
00:30:36
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, yeah, the different school districts, municipal school districts. But again, IPS is the biggie because that's the biggie that's getting a lot of attention, a lot of money being spent on the state's largest school system.
00:30:49
Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.
00:30:50
Speaker 1: And, you know, what's at stake is is is really high stakes. It's a really high stakes referendum. We had Marshawn Wally on just Friday.
00:30:59
Speaker 5: Yes.
00:31:00
Speaker 1: He said, hey, we got to get the word out. We have they bought time to get the word out. So we pretty much know, you know, folks are folks are trying to say by price from state takeover.
00:31:12
Speaker 7: Well, it was pretty, pretty precise. I mean, pretty good.
00:31:16
Speaker 11: Yeah.
00:31:16
Speaker 7: On this question of public care. Very good.
00:31:19
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:31:19
Speaker 7: And I was happy to hear that.
00:31:20
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:31:21
Speaker 7: And that led me to do what I'm doing. And that's to call you, to call Radio 1, you and James, and sort of listen to hear more about what's good for our children, that achievement gap that exists.
00:31:38
Speaker 8: All right.
00:31:39
Speaker 1: Thank you, Counselor.
00:31:41
Speaker 13: All right.
00:31:41
Speaker 1: I appreciate it.
00:31:42
Speaker 2: Take the call.
00:31:42
Speaker 8: I'll be listening.
00:31:43
Speaker 7: I'll be listening the rest of the day. Thank you so much.
00:31:45
Speaker 14: Okay.
00:31:45
Speaker 1: Thank you. And we'll be back right after this.
00:31:52
Speaker 13: Let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby from the Praise Indy Indigo Studios on Praise AM 1310, 95.1 FM.
00:32:04
Speaker 1: And we are back with Community Connection. And on this election day eve.
00:32:09
Speaker 2: That's it.
00:32:10
Speaker 1: Did you vote? And what are some of your concerns? Counselor Oliver just, you know, he shared probably what is the frustration of a lot of people who, you know, don't often have it. have the opportunity to listen to the show. It's in the middle of the day or may not know, or maybe just, uh, you know, focusing the lens and tuning in right when it's time to, to vote and, uh, you know, being confused about a lot of things. So, um, yeah, uh, public question, uh, number questions, number one and two, uh, are, as you say, deliberate word salads, very deliberate, uh, to confuse and frustrate people. But, um, You just heard the commercial from Tony Mason with the Urban League regarding IPS referendum.
00:32:57
Speaker 2: That's right.
00:32:58
Speaker 1: So a lot of things, you just got to do your homework and do your due diligence.
00:33:05
Speaker 2: That's true.
00:33:06
Speaker 6: And again, just when you're in the booth voting, read those questions carefully.
00:33:12
Speaker 2: You'll get an understanding as you read it.
00:33:14
Speaker 1: And if you have your cell phone with you in the booth, not booth, but you know, at the voting station.
00:33:21
Speaker 2: Yeah, I said booze.
00:33:22
Speaker 1: Look it up. AI will give you a summary.
00:33:26
Speaker 2: Certainly will.
00:33:27
Speaker 1: Just go to your AI mode and it'll give you the summary. And I can tell you that all of the commercials, I think this is not telling you how to vote, but all the commercials regarding the IPS referendum are saying vote yes.
00:33:44
Speaker 11: Yes.
00:33:45
Speaker 1: And they're saying vote yes, please, so that the state of Indiana... does not take over management of the Indianapolis public school systems.
00:33:56
Speaker 2: Okay?
00:33:57
Speaker 1: So that's what all the commercials are saying. That's what all the commercials are saying. I will say, since Counselor Oliver asked, everybody that has been in to talk about public question number one regarding should judges be able to set bail for crimes other than murder and treason, Or deny bail, I should say. Well, that would be setting it. Should judges be able to deny bail for crimes other than murder and treason? Everybody that's come in here and talked about it so far has said no. So, again, if you are in doubt, if you're frustrated, if you can't, and share this with other people. Print something out. Take a voter guide if you have one. You can find these voter guides on the League of Women Voters website. Indystar.com has a voter guide. Mirror Indy has a voter guide. You know, a number of different places have voter guides. So there there they are. But as Counselor Oliver knows, we can't tell you.
00:35:04
Speaker 2: No, we can't tell you.
00:35:05
Speaker 1: Or whatever. Counselor Oliver knows that. But I do feel and sense his frustration. And I think that that's deliberate.
00:35:13
Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely. I think so, too.
00:35:15
Speaker 1: I think it's very deliberate, but don't be frustrated. Don't walk away. Don't just say yes. I mean, without knowing what it is you need to know.
00:35:24
Speaker 2: Read it very carefully. Yep.
00:35:27
Speaker 1: And just get that translator on there because your phone will do it for you.
00:35:31
Speaker 4: It will.
00:35:31
Speaker 7: 317-480-1310, 317-480-1310.
00:35:31
Speaker 1: Lisa, go ahead.
00:35:32
Speaker 3: Hey, Gina.
00:35:32
Speaker 10: Hey, how are you?
00:35:41
Speaker 7: I'm doing good.
00:35:42
Speaker 11: I'm out here.
00:35:42
Speaker 14: I've been sitting here waiting to get on the radio before I go in the store. I plan on voting tomorrow because I still got to do some more research on these judges, which ones will say yes and which ones will say no. As far as the question, didn't they pretty much already take it over because they put the board together?
00:36:11
Speaker 1: IPEC, they manage transportation and what is the other? But no, no, they have not taken it over. But this would IPEC.
00:36:22
Speaker 10: No.
00:36:22
Speaker 1: But bottom line is no, no.
00:36:25
Speaker 14: But so it's like traditional versus non-traditional public.
00:36:32
Speaker 1: No, that's not that's not. What do you mean? I'm not understanding your question.
00:36:38
Speaker 14: You know, I went to public school. I went to Arlington. I graduated in 88. To me, that would be a traditional public education. The charter schools that are being popped up, that's non-traditional.
00:36:55
Speaker 8: Okay.
00:36:56
Speaker 14: That's what I'm saying it adds. You see what I'm saying? So I would say, no, if I was more....
00:37:06
Speaker 1: Hello? Okay, I lost her. I'm sorry. I lost you, Lisa. I'm sorry.
00:37:15
Speaker 14: In my opinion, this is Lisa. I would say yes if I was, I believe, in more traditional public schools. I would say no if I like more non-traditional schools.
00:37:33
Speaker 1: Well, that's that's not what's up on. That's not what the ballot is. That's not what the vote is about. The vote is is about funding to keep IPS from having to go into receivership, meaning keep IPS from going bankrupt. And then the state's stepping in and saying, look, we'll take over since y'all can't handle your money.
00:37:55
Speaker 14: I say it because of that, because those charter schools, they have boards. They have separate boards.
00:38:01
Speaker 1: Yes, they do.
00:38:02
Speaker 8: And they got money.
00:38:04
Speaker 14: You see what I'm saying? They have money on those boards, and they control that money. That's where it's fishy.
00:38:16
Speaker 1: Okay, so have you already voted?
00:38:18
Speaker 14: No, I plan on voting tomorrow because, like I said, I still have to do research on the judges. Did you find out any more information on some of the judges?
00:38:28
Speaker 1: Not any more than what we've already had here.
00:38:30
Speaker 8: Were any of.
00:38:31
Speaker 14: The judges even willing to come and speak? Have you asked?
00:38:36
Speaker 1: Judges to come and speak? They typically don't because it's not an elected office. It's just your question on the judges, should they be retained or should they not be retained? It's not a matter of electing a judge or not electing a judge.
00:38:49
Speaker 14: Where can I get the data of how they put people in jail? The numbers, like the demographics. This amount of this. Okay. You see what I'm saying?
00:39:01
Speaker 1: Yeah, either the American Bar Association or the National Bar Association will have information on all the judges.
00:39:09
Speaker 14: But I want the racial breakdown.
00:39:12
Speaker 1: Well, then go to the National Bar Association. That's the black organization.
00:39:17
Speaker 14: How that judge intends to vote. I mean, you know what I mean?
00:39:22
Speaker 1: Yeah, you can go to the National Bar Association.
00:39:25
Speaker 14: I don't want their summary.
00:39:27
Speaker 11: I want the data.
00:39:28
Speaker 14: I don't want their summary. I want the data so I can make my own.
00:39:33
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? I don't know where to find anything that specific in terms of their rulings.
00:39:40
Speaker 4: Pardon?
00:39:42
Speaker 14: Yeah, the rulings.
00:39:44
Speaker 1: The rulings, like how many black folks did they put in jail versus how many non-black people they put in jail?
00:39:49
Speaker 11: Yes.
00:39:50
Speaker 1: I don't know. You'd have to.
00:39:52
Speaker 2: Might be.
00:39:53
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a little deeper than I don't know. More in depth.
00:39:57
Speaker 11: Yeah.
00:39:57
Speaker 14: I plan on going down there to see if I can run into any of them and talk to them. So that's what I plan on doing. But anyway.
00:40:05
Speaker 1: I doubt you'll see any judges down there. They simply don't campaign. They're not going to, you know, because they were appointed.
00:40:13
Speaker 14: I'll be able to go to the statehouse and pull them up and read.
00:40:19
Speaker 7: Up on them.
00:40:20
Speaker 1: Well, you can look and see who appointed them.
00:40:23
Speaker 14: Yeah, I know Holcomb appointed the lady. She's bipartisan. I think I would say yes for her. Me, personally. This is me. Not speaking for anybody but myself.
00:40:36
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:40:39
Speaker 14: But, yeah.
00:40:39
Speaker 1: Okay.
00:40:40
Speaker 14: I'm working it out.
00:40:41
Speaker 11: All right.
00:40:43
Speaker 1: And, you know, you can take your information with you into the voting booth. So, yeah.
00:40:49
Speaker 8: Okay, good.
00:40:49
Speaker 14: But the one thing I really would like to change here in Indiana about the voting is all this deciding the Liberal Party, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Green Tea Party.
00:41:04
Speaker 9: Just, I'm a voter.
00:41:06
Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.
00:41:07
Speaker 14: OK, so I want that other stuff needs to be cut.
00:41:10
Speaker 11: I'm a voter.
00:41:11
Speaker 14: I shouldn't have to, you know, declare nothing.
00:41:14
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, that's, you know, keep voting and maybe you'll get some of the lawmakers, state lawmakers who are a little bit more open to doing to changing that requirement, because it has come through the state house, the lawmakers.
00:41:26
Speaker 14: OK, and I would like to do like a 10, 10, 10, like I was telling you with the 10, 10, 10. It needs to be more— I was speaking to a young man that said he doesn't vote. And he said the reason why I don't vote is because they just— everybody was talking about Trump's not going to get back in. Trump's not going to get back in. He just said they just do what they— just tend to do what they want to do. He said I just don't vote because they just always end up doing what they— want to do.
00:41:59
Speaker 1: You know voting gives you opportunity for that not to happen not voting gives you a guarantee that it will so uh that's the only thing i have to say about that uh.
00:42:06
Speaker 14: Yeah persuade him to understand that you're it's just civic duty yeah it's our civic duty yeah indeed that's my job out here to do i'm doing my job.
00:42:19
Speaker 1: All right well thank you all righty i appreciate it thank you lisa uh jeff jeff go ahead how are you.
00:42:26
Speaker 8: Happy Monday, Tina.
00:42:27
Speaker 1: Happy Monday.
00:42:28
Speaker 2: Happy Monday.
00:42:30
Speaker 10: I voted yesterday.
00:42:31
Speaker 9: Yay!
00:42:31
Speaker 1: Where's the applause line? Let's do it.
00:42:33
Speaker 2: Let's do it.
00:42:35
Speaker 1: Hey, hey, hey. Love it, love it, love it, Jeff. How was it?
00:42:40
Speaker 10: You know, I had this theory. You know, it's Sunday. Well, because I try to... Prior to that, I tried voting, but the lines were just so long when I got off work. I just said... It was also kind of thrilling, too, to see these many people, you know, out there willing to vote, you know.
00:43:01
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:43:02
Speaker 10: Who are, you know, researching the issues and doing their civic duty.
00:43:08
Speaker 7: And I was like, wow, this is cool.
00:43:11
Speaker 10: You know, I mean, I really like these long lines, man, just telling me that people are really engaged. So Sunday come along, so... I said to myself, now, Sunday's probably going to be a good day to do this because they're either going to be in worship.
00:43:26
Speaker 11: Or the NFL.
00:43:26
Speaker 10: So there ain't going to be that many people. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Wrong.
00:43:32
Speaker 1: Wrong. Yeah, exactly.
00:43:34
Speaker 3: Wrong.
00:43:35
Speaker 10: But I got there early and I was in and out pretty quickly. And it was just so good to see people from 18 to 80 out there.
00:43:40
Speaker 12: Yes.
00:43:44
Speaker 1: That's what my daughter was saying. And a lot of young folks, which is really encouraging.
00:43:48
Speaker 7: Oh, absolutely.
00:43:49
Speaker 10: A lot of 20-year-olds and 30-year-olds.
00:43:50
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes.
00:43:51
Speaker 10: I say, this is a good sign. This is really good.
00:43:56
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:43:56
Speaker 10: And, you know, it was really great, you know, because right now we ain't got no time for apathy or complacency.
00:44:06
Speaker 1: Nope, nope, nope. No, no, the clock is out on that. I agree with you a thousand percent.
00:44:10
Speaker 11: Yeah.
00:44:11
Speaker 10: People that got the memo that, hey, we got to do this because, you know, certain individuals and one in particular, they need to be put in check, you know. And yet I never seen it like this since Obama ran in 08. As far as the enthusiasm of people and the focus. So it was really great. And people from all walks of life, you know, and, you know, and yeah. And not only Indiana, but it's across the nation. Mm-hmm.
00:44:42
Speaker 1: There we go.
00:44:43
Speaker 10: So, I voted no on those two proposals, or so-called amendments.
00:44:50
Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
00:44:50
Speaker 10: Yeah, those things are just an attack on people of color and primarily poor people.
00:44:56
Speaker 13: Mm-hmm.
00:44:57
Speaker 10: Yeah, so, I mean, I was concerned when you got a felon in the White House and people are not willing to hold him accountable. Hey, that's all I needed to hear. So, it was good. I.
00:45:11
Speaker 10: I always vote early. I live in the Lawrence here, so I went at the Fort Bend Public Library where it was. And it was professional. We got in and out really quickly. And people, you know, like I always say this, there's four branches of government. There's executive, the legislative, and the Supreme Court. The fourth one is the most important one, the people.
00:45:35
Speaker 1: There you go.
00:45:37
Speaker 10: Because the other three work for us. But, you know, and don't listen to the naysayers. Oh, your votes don't count. They're afraid of you. Your vote is your weapon. Now, Tim, I got to ask you, are these clowns going to be showing up, these DHS boys going to be showing up with their hoods and masks on and trying to intimidate voters because people have your cameras on? ready to film these clowns.
00:46:04
Speaker 7: Yeah.
00:46:04
Speaker 10: Because they're going to try. They're going to try to intimidate people and try that Bull Connor, George Wallace nonsense back in the 1960s. The only thing that's missing is water holes and dogs. But the same mindset.
00:46:17
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:46:18
Speaker 10: The same mindset. And, you know, we ain't got to talk to the actual questioner. Just give them the silent treatment.
00:46:27
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're not obligated to speak with them at all. And they are not allowed to wear anything other than just regular clothing. If they are, they're not allowed inside the polling areas. They're only allowed on the outside. Polling locations. Yeah, this is from Andre Carson's post. And this came from Kate Sweeney Bell, his meeting and his information from her. individuals not permitted to stand outside polling locations. They're only permitted to stand outside, not inside. They are not permitted to hassle voters, and you are not obligated to speak with them. So there it is, real simple. Don't even worry about it. Don't worry about it. Do your thing. Go do your thing tomorrow, whoever's voting tomorrow. Just go do your thing tomorrow.
00:47:14
Speaker 10: Hey, don't pay these bums, don't pay these guys any attention.
00:47:17
Speaker 1: Exactly.
00:47:18
Speaker 10: And the administration, because people, they're sweating bullets.
00:47:22
Speaker 8: They're shaking. They are.
00:47:24
Speaker 10: They are afraid of you. You don't realize how much power. That's why it begins with we the people. Yeah.
00:47:32
Speaker 1: You know, Marion County and Lake County to me is a mistake if you're really worried about it.
00:47:36
Speaker 7: Thanks, Jeff.
00:47:36
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. If you're really worried about it, because I would be up there in Hamilton County in that fifth district, which is a toss-up. Victoria Sparks, she might not... I mean, it could be you never say never. But boy, this one's as close as I think it's ever been in a very staunchly Republican Republican district. Thanks, Jeff. Appreciate it. Marcia, go ahead. How are you?
00:47:57
Speaker 11: Yes, I was.
00:47:58
Speaker 15: I want to address the judge situation. Trust me, you have to do your homework. Was it fun?
00:48:04
Speaker 4: No.
00:48:05
Speaker 15: The nonpartisan stuff drives me nuts. If you are Democrat, Republican, whatever you are, own it. Okay, the way I literally pulled up each judge and just kept scrolling until I could find something. If they said they ran unopposed Republican, that told me a lot. If they said they ran unopposed Democrat, that told me a lot. Some didn't put anything. Those got to know. How about that? Anyway, it tells you a lot. I read their history. They make us work in the state of Indiana for that. When I first transferred here with my job, we elected judges. I don't know what happened in between now and we can't vote for them anymore. They're appointed. I have a problem with that. And I don't know what you can do to get that changed.
00:48:52
Speaker 1: Vote, excuse me, and put in lawmakers who are open to changing that. Because really, that's what I was explaining to the previous caller. You're not voting on whether or not they get the job or don't get the job. What you're voting on is, should they stay or should they not stay? And that's a big difference. And it's a little bit harder to find out information on them, based on the way the system is.
00:49:16
Speaker 11: Exactly.
00:49:17
Speaker 15: But nonpartisan wasn't working for me. I wasn't going to do it because i was frustrated i said nope so i did and and yeah after i read up on some of them and saw what they did i mean it's it's work it's it's like a class you have to do your homework.
00:49:31
Speaker 1: Yeah Not fun, but that's the way Indiana does it.
00:49:36
Speaker 15: I've lived here long enough to understand it.
00:49:38
Speaker 1: All right. Well, thank you for that.
00:49:40
Speaker 15: Not a problem. Don't go to board. Look up each one. You'll find something you just got to dig. It's unfortunate, but you got to dig.
00:49:47
Speaker 1: Got to dig. And hey, you can take your materials with you. This is an open election is an open book test. And in Indiana, the one thing they cannot not let you do, they can't take away your notes, your phone or your voter guide or your information. You can take all that with you.
00:50:01
Speaker 11: Exactly.
00:50:02
Speaker 15: And I did that last week.
00:50:03
Speaker 11: All right.
00:50:04
Speaker 1: You can take it all.
00:50:05
Speaker 15: I've handled mine. That that that was a training part of my family.
00:50:09
Speaker 1: OK.
00:50:10
Speaker 7: All right.
00:50:10
Speaker 15: So that there's no excuse. People died, were hosed, were hung, you name it. They were denied. I will not be denied.
00:50:19
Speaker 12: Nope.
00:50:20
Speaker 1: None of us will. I like to call it our inheritance and don't blow it. You know, they left us a lasting legacy, a lasting inheritance that they wanted so desperately for them, not only themselves, but for us. And so we can't squander our inheritance. We just can't. We just can't. Thank you, Marsha. I appreciate it. Let's go to Regina. Regina, go ahead.
00:50:40
Speaker 9: What's up, party people? How you doing? Everybody vote.
00:50:45
Speaker 7: Y'all do this.
00:50:47
Speaker 9: See, you know why? Because our blood would be on their hands. Now, when you go in that voting place, read carefully. Do you know that if you vote all Democrat or all Republican, they will not take that vote at all?
00:51:08
Speaker 1: I don't know that that's true. Is what now?
00:51:11
Speaker 12: I know.
00:51:11
Speaker 1: Wait a minute.
00:51:12
Speaker 11: Hold on.
00:51:12
Speaker 4: Hold on.
00:51:13
Speaker 9: Hold on.
00:51:13
Speaker 1: Hold on. Wait a minute. Maybe I didn't understand what you just said.
00:51:16
Speaker 10: Go ahead.
00:51:16
Speaker 1: Say it again.
00:51:17
Speaker 10: That's what it says.
00:51:19
Speaker 9: You vote all Democratic.
00:51:20
Speaker 1: Straight party ticket is what you're saying.
00:51:23
Speaker 9: They they will not take your vote. I got a picture of it. I'll send it to 1310 if you want me to.
00:51:30
Speaker 1: So if you vote straight ticket, if you vote a straight ticket, then... Well, I want to talk to... Let's talk to Julia's here. And I've seen them judges.
00:51:41
Speaker 9: All of them are partisan except that lady, that Eric Holcomb lady. She's a Republican and is one Democrat. Everybody's bipartisan. I don't like people that say that because you don't know whose.
00:51:58
Speaker 8: Side they're on.
00:51:59
Speaker 14: So I.
00:52:00
Speaker 9: My spirit didn't lead.
00:52:01
Speaker 7: Me to vote for none of them.
00:52:04
Speaker 9: But I ain't going to tell you if I said yes or no to them. But I don't like that because if you can't find the information on them, but word of mouth, you'll know people in the hood or this or that if they were under them. Let me tell you what happened to me in Seventh Circuit. I did five years. Tell that man that's sitting in there with you. The government owe me money. I did five years for my own gun. I still got the permit. And she threatened to give me 40 years. And that's the only reason why I took the plea. She said if I went to trial, she was going to give me 40 years, Judge Barker, in the Seventh Circuit. And I've been doing the Daniel Fash for 10 years. That's why I weigh 265 pounds. I was 432 pounds when I went in. I don't like the government, and that's why I look cute, too, today.
00:53:00
Speaker 7: Okay.
00:53:01
Speaker 9: But, yeah, I want $ 150 a day that I did for that gun. I got the permit. They hid my permit. And my lawyer, I paid $ 25, 000 for, Carl Epstein, a Jew. He knew it. And they made me plea because they was going to give me 40 years. That's the only reason why I copped out. I also did reconsideration files. And I know it's by law when you do a plea, you can't turn back. But there was a reconsideration on that part because.
00:53:39
Speaker 4: I had a permit.
00:53:40
Speaker 9: Y'all hit it. And y'all doing all this dirt today like y'all doing. When anybody's life You make a decision for you have to report to a maker of all of us. So there is a heaven or hell. So far, all of you leaders are going to hell making these bad decisions. So everybody go out and vote, because when they want the shirt off your back, give them your coat. Vote. Don't matter what they do with the vote. Get votes, flood the vote.
00:54:16
Speaker 8: House, y'all.
00:54:16
Speaker 9: Put your blood on their hands.
00:54:19
Speaker 1: Thank you, Regina. I appreciate it. And I will be, thank you for your call. I will be asking Julia, that's an interesting take that she had, that if you vote straight ticket, that the vote is discarded. I'd never heard that. I'd never heard that. Julia Vaughn with Common Cause Indiana, our voter education contributor, is up right after these messages.
00:54:45
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00:55:02
Speaker 1: And we're back with Community Connection heading into our second hour. Eric, last caller was all over the map in a lot of areas, but there was one I wanted to clear up for sure. Certainly. And Julia Vaughn, Executive Director of Common Cause Indiana, is here with us on this Election Day Eve. Julia, how are you doing?
00:55:22
Speaker 4: I am hanging in there. I'll tell you, it was a very busy weekend, but looking forward to tomorrow and definitely looking even more forward to Wednesday when this is all over.
00:55:35
Speaker 1: Oh, my goodness, yes.
00:55:37
Speaker 4: I'm hanging in.
00:55:37
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're hanging in. We've been taking a lot of calls from listeners who have... It voted over the weekend. I shared my daughter's story. Eric, of course, here in the booth, he voted this morning. And, you know, from from day one, when early voting opened up at the satellite, not down at the city county building, but at the satellite locations from day one all the way up until six o'clock yesterday. Julia, every report that I've gotten has been busy, busy, busy lines, lines, lines. turnout is undeniably up.
00:56:18
Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, definitely up. Now, our volunteers saw a little bit of lull, you know, in the afternoon, both Saturday and Sunday. But yeah, absolutely. The day started off with long lines at most locations. So obviously, people are paying attention and want to participate. I just hope that once those more than 180 locations open up tomorrow, that it doesn't drop off. You know, we've definitely seen voting kind of front end itself. People are so anxious to get it done that they take advantage of the 28 days of early voting we have here in Indiana. And it seems like on election day, we don't see the big crowds that we used to. But I don't know. I'm feeling like this year might be different.
00:57:09
Speaker 1: I think so.
00:57:10
Speaker 10: Yeah.
00:57:10
Speaker 4: Again, people are anxious to have the ability to make their voices heard. And that's, you know, what it's all about. It is taking the opportunity when all of us have an equal say. You know, that doesn't happen very often when you and, you know, the CEO of the biggest corporation in Indianapolis, we all are equal tomorrow. we all have the same say at the ballot box. So I always get excited about it. It's, you know, a great opportunity to do something good for your community. So if you haven't, you know, I'm one of those people, we always say this, I'm an election day voter, so I don't follow my own advice. I'll be out there, but I've learned how to kind of time it, you know, and my, I have a couple of different options. I live here. You know, literally, I've got four or five vote centers within about a three or four minute drive. So I'll be OK doing the last minute thing that I always do.
00:58:13
Speaker 1: Julia, before we get to what voters can expect tomorrow and what voters should expect tomorrow, I want to the last caller, as I was telling you, she was kind of all over the map. But one of the first things that she said concerned me because. she was saying, she said, it's true, it's true. And I mean, you know, when people say that, she said, if you vote straight party ticket, straight ticket, straight Democrat, straight Republican, that you cannot do that in this election because it'll be discarded. I've never heard that before. Where is that coming from?
00:58:46
Speaker 4: That's a new one. I have not heard that before. Now, sort of What is important to recognize that if you do vote straight ticket, you know, we are one of just a very few states that still has that option. You need to make sure that you vote for the other things that are on the ballot, like the ballot questions, like the school. referendums, like the judicial retention questions. Because a lot of times people just, you know, boom, flip that, well, flip, I'm like, I'm voting on the old lever.
00:59:22
Speaker 1: The old machines, yeah.
00:59:23
Speaker 4: When we used to flip those levers, but you know, they press that one button and And they walk away. And so, you know, I never think it's a good idea to vote a straight ticket. You should definitely think through your ballot a little bit more. But I understand there are people that's what they do. But that's really the only thing. No, no, your ballot will not be discarded, but you will only be voting for those contests where there's a Republican and a Democrat. And there's a whole lot more on your ballot that you need to have a say in. So if you do vote straight ticket, don't just call it a day. Make sure that you go all the way through the ballot so that you're casting your choice on the two public questions. You know, there's school referendums all over the place, as well as those judicial retention votes. So it's going to be a long ballot. That's one thing for people. to consider as well. If you don't want to be surprised walking in there tomorrow, it's always a good idea to go to Marion County website. There will be a sample ballot available for you to look at. So, you know, you're not surprised when you walk in there tomorrow morning or whenever it is you choose to cast your vote.
01:00:41
Speaker 1: Yeah, with as many things that are available, as many resources, access to these resources, which is pretty simple, available There's no reason to walk in in a cloud, you know, unaware or not knowing. There's just really not, especially knowing that even if you haven't had time to research, you have time once you're inside your voting area, your voting station, that you can take your phone or your materials or whatever and look it up or find out as you're going through. So there's no.
01:01:14
Speaker 4: Don't let yourself be rushed. I mean, in our county, there are a few counties that try to shoo voters along. And, you know, they follow this ridiculous state law that gives us four minutes to make our choices.
01:01:27
Speaker 1: That's what it is.
01:01:28
Speaker 12: OK.
01:01:28
Speaker 7: Yeah.
01:01:28
Speaker 4: Yeah. Here in Marion County, nobody's going to rush you out of the polling place. Go ahead. But again, it's always smart. You know, you never wanted to walk into the classroom without having studied for the test. So, you know, take a few hours this evening. Again, the Marion County website, we are fortunate in that our county website makes this information available to us. Not all the counties do. So you can go to, you know, Indy.gov and get all the information that you're going to need. Make sure you're prepared tomorrow.
01:02:04
Speaker 1: Julia, speaking of tomorrow, Eric looked at the weather forecast, 78 degrees, mostly sunny on an election day. Could it get any better than that?
01:02:15
Speaker 4: We're going to get this cold, gray day out of the way. And yeah, the weather gods will be smiling on us tomorrow. So really no excuse. I think it'll rain tomorrow evening, but looks like a great day to be out casting your vote. So no excuses on that end.
01:02:36
Speaker 1: I was concerned because this morning it seems like I was inundated with questions about where can I vote today? The libraries are closed. Is there somewhere else? And somebody, it's like, you know, no, you can't. The libraries, yesterday at six o'clock was the last day. Today at noon here, and now this is here in Indianapolis and Marion County. Today at noon here at the city county building, that was the last opportunity. So just calm down and understand The next opportunity is tomorrow from 6A to 6B. However, you won't have to worry about one or two places in your area. There will be more than 180 places to be able to vote. And your employer is required to give you time off to vote. And if you have special needs in terms of mobility. or accommodations, you can go to the front of the line.
01:03:31
Speaker 4: I do want to back up, though. Your employer is not required.
01:03:35
Speaker 1: To give you time off. Who was it that was telling us that they can't allow you not? They have to allow you time to vote.
01:03:43
Speaker 4: That's not in the state law. You know, hopefully most employers.
01:03:47
Speaker 1: Somebody said that, yeah, that employers have to give you time to vote.
01:03:50
Speaker 11: Yeah.
01:03:50
Speaker 10: No, no.
01:03:52
Speaker 1: I'm just repeating what one of my resources came in here and said, that yes, your employer has to give you time to vote.
01:03:59
Speaker 4: No, no. I wish that was the law here in Indiana, but.
01:04:03
Speaker 1: Unfortunately it is not. Eric, do you remember who was it that said that? Oh, he's on the phone. Well, anyway, well, okay. Well, huh.
01:04:13
Speaker 4: Yeah.
01:04:15
Speaker 1: It was somebody we rely on as a resource that said that. Okay, okay. Well, make time to vote. Do the best.
01:04:23
Speaker 4: Well, you know, yeah, I definitely hope that most employers would be understanding, but definitely, you know, make a plan to get there before your shift starts or make sure if you get off before six o'clock that you're going to have adequate time. The other thing to remember is you can vote at any of the more than 180 vote centers across the city. If you need to vote at one during your lunch hour, you can easily run out and find one near your workplace. They don't have to give you time off, but let's hope that most employers are going to understand that it's important to make space for people to participate in these important civic occasions like elections. That's unfortunately something we need to continue working on get the legislature to recognize that, you know, too many working people, and particularly if they face a long line, you know, that can be disenfranchising in and of itself, a long line. So we need a law like that, but unfortunately not in place currently here in Indiana.
01:05:39
Speaker 1: Hmm. Oh, okay. This, well, let me, Voting leave retaliation in Indiana elections. Indiana law is a specific that protects employees who need time off to vote. Employers are required to give employees a reasonable amount of time off to vote during a public election when the employee does not have enough time outside of working hours to cast their ballot. I think it was a state lawmaker, Julie. I don't want to belabor the point, but. had the right to take paid leave. The employer can designate when the workday, the leave must, employers cannot penalize workers for exercising this right. So there's something in all of that that employers can't interfere.
01:06:32
Speaker 7: Oh.
01:06:34
Speaker 1: Yeah, it says right here. Indiana.
01:06:37
Speaker 3: Anyway.
01:06:38
Speaker 4: Give me a copy of it because I would definitely like to first check that.
01:06:41
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm going to send this to you now.
01:06:43
Speaker 3: Yeah.
01:06:43
Speaker 2: Yeah.
01:06:45
Speaker 1: Send it to you. Yeah, it was, I believe it was one of our state lawmakers that said that. I don't want to pin that on them, but they can't interfere with your time and they, let's see, here we go. Indiana has a facility that protects employees who need time to vote. Under employers are required to give employees a reasonable amount of time off to vote during a public election. That's what it says.
01:07:14
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd like to see the code site on that.
01:07:19
Speaker 1: Indiana Code Section 31161. 31161, okay. Yeah, anyway, be that as it may, you shouldn't be harassed. We'll split, because, yeah, take a look at that and see, because that's... I know I heard it.
01:07:36
Speaker 14: Yeah.
01:07:36
Speaker 4: Speaking of harassment, I just want.
01:07:39
Speaker 1: To make sure everyone.
01:07:41
Speaker 4: That they don't really have to worry about any type of harassment by the Department of Justice. I know we all heard the news a couple weeks ago that there will be monitors here in Marion County and in Lake County. But they're going to be spread pretty thin. The details are they will have 12 staff people here in Indianapolis, again, more than 180 locations. So they certainly won't be everywhere. But they cannot enter the polling place. They won't have credentials. So they can't observe voters as they're actually casting a ballot. And they can't approach you before you walk into the polling place. So They can perhaps approach you after you leave and ask you questions, but you don't have to answer their questions if you don't want to. So just want to reassure everybody that, you know, I know a lot of people have been anxious just generally about this election season and threats and intimidation. But this is not unusual. Certainly the number of monitors from the Department of Justice has increased significantly. but it's not a significant number here in Indiana. And again, the law limits what they can do. So don't feel any kind of way about it. But if you see anything that makes you anxious, I encourage you to call the Election Protection Hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE. That's 866-687- eight, six, eight, three. Yeah. Yeah.
01:09:23
Speaker 1: Uh, we've got chat. Uh, my, yeah, these are different employers. Uh, if they wish they can, my employer gives two hours. My employer allows us to be late without consequences. If we leave, but before the shift, maybe it's based on individual employers and then the, uh, the, uh, solid.
01:09:42
Speaker 7: Okay.
01:09:42
Speaker 2: Yeah.
01:09:43
Speaker 1: Anyway, um, um, Yeah. So, yeah. But that was the other thing. What to expect when you go to the polls, because somebody called in and said, are they going to be wearing masks? And, you know, they're not allowed to have guns. They're not allowed to wear masks. Really?
01:10:00
Speaker 4: Any type of like windbreaker with Department of Justice, they'll just be plain clothes. You know, it's you shouldn't recognize them. I mean, if they do become conspicuous, then they're probably doing something wrong. that they're not supposed to be doing. So again, if anything makes you concerned, if you see something that makes you feel a little weird, call 866-OUR-VOTE. We'd like to hear what's going on.
01:10:27
Speaker 1: So let me ask you a question in terms of how these monitoring things work. Do they move in groups of 12, like from polling place to polling place? Do they divide them up? I don't care how you look at it. 12 is not going to cover 182.
01:10:42
Speaker 3: Right.
01:10:42
Speaker 4: No, I think they work in pairs. Yeah, I think they're either by themselves or in pairs. So again, they will be visiting just a small fraction of our polling places here in Marion County. So I'm looking for things like disability access, language access, that sort of thing. So Again, if they are here to help, then welcome. But we don't need anyone harassing voters, and that is clearly outside their responsibility and outside the law. And it goes for anybody. We have some places here in Indianapolis– where electioneering gets out of control. The campaigners just get too aggressive. So in those cases, too, if you're a voter and you feel like people are behaving in a way that is too aggressive, is too intimidating, then call 866-OUR-VOTE and report it. Because voters should only have welcoming experiences. They shouldn't be made to feel intimidated or anything else as they try to exercise this very basic constitutional right. So, you know, voters should be in control of this and they should always feel comfortable. So if you see anything that that makes you feel uncomfortable, please call the hotline.
01:12:11
Speaker 1: Yeah. And Julia, if you can, can you remind our listeners about the photo ID, especially for college students? A reminder that For that, in terms of what to expect tomorrow, if you are a college student and you've been used to using your student photo ID, that no longer gets it here in the state of Indiana.
01:12:31
Speaker 4: Right. And this just applies now to public university students. You know, if you're a student at Butler, University of Indianapolis, you've never been able to use your student ID. So this just applies to state colleges like Ivy Tech. Indiana University, Purdue University, Ball State, Indiana State, University of Southern Indiana. Those folks will not be able to use a student ID, but will instead have to have either an Indiana state identification card, driver's license or a passport. So, you know, the key thing to remember about our ID law is that it's got to be an ID that's issued by the federal or state government. has to have your photo, and it has to have an expiration date. So other things to remember are your voter registration address does not have to match the address on your ID. They can differ. Your ID can be expired as long as it didn't expire after November 5th, 2024. That was the last federal election. So the law doesn't want you to vote with an expired ID more than once. So that's why that date is tied to the last federal election. So it's okay to use an expired ID as long as it didn't expire more than two years ago. So, you know, make sure you've got the proper ID in place. If you don't, The Bureau of Motor Vehicles will be open tomorrow only to issue IDs for voting. You can get a free ID for voting. Now, you know, the challenge is sometimes gathering up the supporting documentation that you have to have in order to get that ID. But remember that cost shouldn't be an object tomorrow. If you've got the sporting documentation together, you can get an ID for free for the purposes of voting.
01:14:48
Speaker 1: Yeah, we were talking about that the other day, Eric, right? About the fact that free IDs from the BMV are, you know, you can just go get one. Photo IDs.
01:15:00
Speaker 2: Photo IDs, right. Not a driver's license, but photo IDs.
01:15:03
Speaker 8: Yeah.
01:15:03
Speaker 1: So you were saying that after, as long as your identification, your photo identification didn't expire... or hasn't been more than two years expired, right?
01:15:13
Speaker 14: Right.
01:15:14
Speaker 4: So as long as it expired after November 5th, 2024, that's when the last federal election was. So if it expired before that date, you wouldn't be able to use it. But after that date, you can. I mean, always good to keep your ID up to date. But, you know, sometimes things happen. And I don't want people to, you know, pull it out and say, oh, my gosh, my ID expired last month. I can't vote. You absolutely can.
01:15:45
Speaker 1: So so, you know, in short, what can voters expect tomorrow?
01:15:51
Speaker 4: Well, I think they should expect smooth sailing. I mean, again, you know, there will be lines at some of the really popular voting locations that. But I wouldn't expect a line all day long. And if you're the kind of person who hates to stand in a line, I would strongly suggest you go to that great website, voteintime.org, and you can check and see what the wait times are at the various vote centers around you. But, you know, I have found that poll workers here in Marion County are really, really helpful and They want voters to have a good experience. So if it's been a while since you voted and maybe you're not accustomed to the new voting machines, you know, they are happy to help you figure out, you know, how to operate the machinery, so to speak. So I think everybody should expect, you know, really good experience tomorrow. But if you have any problems whatsoever or you observe anybody else having problems, Again, make sure you call the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline because that's not only an opportunity for us to help voters in real time in the moment, but all of those calls that come in from all over the state to the hotline after Election Day, we'll sit down and analyze the information that those calls provide. And we'll be able to tell what are the problems that are creating barriers for Hoosier voters. Is there one county in the state where there's a particular problem? Or is there another county where they seem to really be doing the whole election administration thing really well so that voters aren't facing barriers? So it's just a great opportunity for us to get a very vivid snapshot. of what Hoosiers all over the state are experiencing. And that really helps inform our advocacy work in the legislature. We're able to go to legislators and say, look, we got 150 calls about this particular problem. This is a state law that's not working and you need to address it. So the hotline is just a great way to get information and assistance out to voters But it's also a really good way to help us make long-term changes that will make voting access easier across our state. And, you know, clearly that's something that we need to work on since we have consistently been ranked very low in terms of voter turnout here in Indiana. I don't believe the problem is voters. I believe the problem are the laws of our state. So help us get more information by reporting what problems, if any, you had. But I'm not anticipating many problems for voters, at least here in Marion County. We've had volunteers out the last two weekends of early voting, and it was pretty much smooth sailing everywhere. So Got to commend the county for doing a really good job of, you know, administering this election.
01:19:15
Speaker 1: You had a question there?
01:19:16
Speaker 6: Julia, do you think there will ever come a time when I live outside of Marion County, and Tina and I have talked about it, where I'd be able to vote in Marion County, though I live in another county? Because you can't do that now in Indiana, right?
01:19:29
Speaker 13: Yeah, no.
01:19:30
Speaker 12: No.
01:19:31
Speaker 4: I'm not aware of any place where you're able to do that, except for maybe in the vote-by-mail states. Colorado and states like that administer their elections almost entirely by mail. The thing is that counties are the administrators of elections, and so that's why everything... is tied to the county where you live. So I don't know. I don't see that certainly any time in the near future. And I do think it is a good thing. I mean, particularly as we've had all of these attempts over the past year or so by the Trump administration to have a federal takeover of elections. I think we need to resist any attempt by that. and to continue to have county level, you know, local administration of elections, I think is a very good thing. And I don't see that changing anytime soon. But you know, it really does present creates a lot of confusion for people. In fact, where was it? I think we had a couple from Boone County, show up at St. Luke's United Methodist Church this weekend and wanted to vote there. And so it's like, no, sorry, you're going to have to go back to Whitestown and vote in Boone County. So, yeah, yeah.
01:20:58
Speaker 1: All righty. Well, all systems are go for tomorrow. Looks like it's going to be a gorgeous day, which certainly helps increase voter turnout and not anticipating any problems anywhere. Everything should be pretty much smooth sailing, you say, Julia?
01:21:11
Speaker 11: Yeah.
01:21:12
Speaker 4: I'm hopeful. You know, like I said, that's certainly been we haven't seen any big problems. But, you know, Election Day, sometimes that's when everything hits the fan. So, again, if anybody if anybody faces any challenges, I can't say it enough. Call 866 our vote translated into numbers.
01:21:35
Speaker 3: That's 866-687-8683.
01:21:41
Speaker 4: There will be people there starting 6 a.m. in the morning. They'll be there until actually 7 o'clock our time because, you know, the Southwestern and Northwestern Indiana will be voting until 7 our time. And so they're waiting for your call. If you've got any questions or concerns, please call the hotline.
01:22:03
Speaker 1: Appreciate you as always. And, you know, we'll catch up a little bit later.
01:22:08
Speaker 4: All right. Thank you so much.
01:22:09
Speaker 1: Thank you. And we'll be back with more Community Connection right after this.
01:22:35
Speaker 13: Let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby from the Praise Indie IndieGo Studios on Praise AM 1310, 95.1 FM.
01:22:47
Speaker 1: And we're back with Community Connection on this election day eve. It looks like all systems are go, ready to go. Let's go back to the phone lines, Eric. Kim, Kim Boyd, how are you?
01:22:59
Speaker 7: Hello, Tina.
01:23:00
Speaker 10: How are you doing?
01:23:01
Speaker 1: I'm doing well.
01:23:01
Speaker 7: And yourself?
01:23:03
Speaker 3: Well, okay. I do want to make the listeners aware of a situation that occurred to me. And it's not just for the voting, per se, but it's something that people should be aware of. But when I went to vote and everyone scans their driver's.
01:23:30
Speaker 1: License, You were early voting. Early voting, right.
01:23:34
Speaker 4: Right.
01:23:35
Speaker 3: But, you know, even on the day of, this would still apply, you know, showing your driver's license.
01:23:42
Speaker 14: Right.
01:23:43
Speaker 3: Well, when they tried to scan my driver's license, someone else's name showed up with my driver's license. Unrelated to me. And so they had to manually put in my name. And I was still able to vote. But I'm going to be checking into that, and other people should be aware, because about three years ago, I found out that someone had sent a license plate to my home that never lived here. Never had any affiliation or association at all. And then I contacted the head of BMV, the Bureau of Mobile, and that's when I discovered that The state had been selling all of our information and still are doing it.
01:24:38
Speaker 1: I think there was a pretty good investigative report a couple of years ago. I think it was on Channel 6 or anyway about that very issue that you just mentioned with the state selling. Yeah, yeah. But anyway, go ahead.
01:24:53
Speaker 4: Go ahead.
01:24:54
Speaker 3: So I just want to say don't let that discourage anybody from going in to vote. You know, they don't have to manually put in your name if that occurs. But then the larger concern is what is going on with that identity, which that is one of the, where you're working, trying to buy a house, get a car. Your ID is one of those identifiers.
01:25:21
Speaker 1: Absolutely.
01:25:23
Speaker 3: If the identifiers are not correct, then people should question that. And I just wanted to be real because I'm going to check into it and I'll follow back up with you on that.
01:25:32
Speaker 1: Please do.
01:25:33
Speaker 10: Yeah.
01:25:33
Speaker 8: Yeah.
01:25:34
Speaker 1: Cause that's, Ooh, I, let me ask you this, Kim, did they say that anyone else had encountered a similar problem or that you were the first? I mean, did they say, yeah, this happens or did they give you any indication whatsoever about the frequency of it?
01:25:50
Speaker 3: I asked that very question myself. I said, is this an isolated incident or has this happened to other people? And while there were a few other people, not that many, but still one is too many.
01:26:05
Speaker 1: That's true.
01:26:06
Speaker 3: Because if your driver's license is not a true identifier of you and you encounter police or something and with someone that you have no idea of who they are or any association or relation to them, then that could lead to a world of problems. And I just want to put that back on the radar of people, you know, but don't let it stop them from voting because I didn't let it stop me. But, you know, that might happen. Pray it doesn't happen. But again, just to let people be aware.
01:26:41
Speaker 1: I appreciate that. That is so helpful. And yeah, as you did, what you did is what we want everybody to do. Stand there, stay there. Let them get you situated. Don't let it discourage you from going through the process and going to vote. Don't let that discourage you.
01:26:56
Speaker 3: Right, because the thing that's concerning for me about that, think about the people that have mental or physical disabilities or don't have the wherewithal.
01:27:07
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
01:27:08
Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying? And then they could be turned away or just disappointed, disgruntled, but don't stand there to say no. You know, find a way. I'm a registered voter. Yeah. You know, if you don't have your your voter ID card with you, you know, but still demand. So that's a concern for me, for people that are in situations that they don't have that wherewithal to say, OK, find a way for me to vote. I still want to vote.
01:27:39
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for calling that in. I mean, man, that's that's good stuff. That's good. and being the victim, haven't been the victim of identity theft myself with my taxes. Um, I, they, you know, in order I'm from this point on, as long as I file taxes, it's going to be a two-step process because I've been, uh, you know, my, my identity has been violated. And so I will always have to use a certain code that the, only the IRS and I know that they've assigned to me.
01:28:11
Speaker 4: Yeah.
01:28:12
Speaker 14: Yeah.
01:28:12
Speaker 1: Because you know, that, uh, I forgot to tell you that, Eric. That was a resolution of my identity.
01:28:17
Speaker 3: Oh, really?
01:28:18
Speaker 8: Yeah.
01:28:18
Speaker 2: That was it?
01:28:19
Speaker 1: Yeah, the resolution was a special code to go with my number because that way it's a two-step. Because they determined somebody did do it. They said, we have determined that you have been hacked.
01:28:34
Speaker 3: Wow.
01:28:35
Speaker 1: Yeah. So that's what I'm saying. I'm glad you called that in, having been through it.
01:28:39
Speaker 5: Yeah.
01:28:40
Speaker 1: You know, from now on, I know I've always got to do a two-step process, but the story there is to stay put until they find a way. Don't leave.
01:28:49
Speaker 8: Right.
01:28:50
Speaker 3: Because these hacks have just overtaken our society, our community, our world. And when it comes to voting and the efforts of voter suppression that have occurred, I mean, these are some things that people should be aware of.
01:29:06
Speaker 2: I know.
01:29:07
Speaker 7: Absolutely.
01:29:08
Speaker 1: Well, thank you for raising that. And, you know, we'll repeat that tomorrow as well.
01:29:12
Speaker 2: Definitely.
01:29:13
Speaker 1: When we get back on the air. So thank you, Kim. I'm glad you voted. Give her, let's give her a round of applause.
01:29:21
Speaker 7: So yes, I'm not, I'm not wanting to give it up.
01:29:26
Speaker 1: All right. All right. Thank you, Kim. We appreciate you.
01:29:30
Speaker 11: All right.
01:29:31
Speaker 1: Indeed, indeed. Excellent point. Absolutely an excellent point.
01:29:35
Speaker 2: That's something you don't think of.
01:29:36
Speaker 1: No, you don't think of that.
01:29:37
Speaker 2: It's like, wow.
01:29:38
Speaker 1: But she was so spot on when she said, do not leave, have them find a way.
01:29:43
Speaker 2: Find a way.
01:29:43
Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged and walk away.
01:29:46
Speaker 14: 317-480-1310, 317-480-1310.
01:29:46
Speaker 1: We are now just hours, hours away from Election Day 2026, Tuesday, November 3rd here in the state of Indiana, 6A to.
01:29:50
Speaker 11: 6P, 6 a.m.
01:29:50
Speaker 1: Until 6 p.m. 100, more than 180 vote centers for you to vote at. Early voting concluded today at noon. Now it's just Election Day voting. Not just, but hey, do Election Day.
01:30:15
Speaker 2: Election Day.
01:30:15
Speaker 1: Election Day.
01:30:16
Speaker 2: 6A to 6P.
01:30:18
Speaker 1: 6A to 6P.
01:30:19
Speaker 10: Dr.
01:30:19
Speaker 1: Brown, Dr.
01:30:20
Speaker 8: Brown, Dr.
01:30:21
Speaker 1: Brown, how are you today?
01:30:23
Speaker 11: I'm doing fine. You all are doing out of sight.
01:30:30
Speaker 1: Okay, we hope so. We hope we're doing something. I mean, you know, we're trying. We're trying.
01:30:34
Speaker 2: There you go.
01:30:35
Speaker 1: But callers like Kim and some others that are just dropping good information, that always helps so much.
01:30:40
Speaker 11: Good information.
01:30:41
Speaker 8: Great.
01:30:42
Speaker 1: Yeah.
01:30:43
Speaker 11: That was good information and scary information because what you've gone through in regard to identity, who you are, where you are, why you are. I'm trying to get where people don't get into the details, but no. Identification is getting stolen like crazy, and the word is you get hacked.
01:31:07
Speaker 3: Yep.
01:31:09
Speaker 1: Yep, you do get hacked.
01:31:10
Speaker 10: So what's going on?
01:31:12
Speaker 11: I just called in because Saturday at our closing, I made a projection or a prediction or a One would say, Brown, you trying to be a prophet? No. I think about you have a heck of a guest by the name of Jeff, and he comes on in the right presence. He's got a spirit and energy that I like, and he made a statement to me about two weeks ago when I was on with you about a methodology of how you look at things, and he called it And I hadn't heard that word in ages because I studied it, remote viewing. Oh, yes, yes. This goes back to the late 60s and early 70s, dealing with remote viewing. I say all of that, and I'm cutting that quick. Here is my projection. The President Donald Trump, next year, after all of this is going on, guess what he's going to do?
01:32:21
Speaker 1: I have no idea.
01:32:22
Speaker 11: And I said it and somebody questioned me at church yesterday. I said he's going to resign.
01:32:29
Speaker 1: You know, you are not the first to say that or predict that. Others have said the same shortly after the midterm. And if remote viewing is what if that's what was revealed to you during your remote viewing, you are not alone, as they say. You are not alone because I've heard that. It's hard to wrap your head around and hard to reconcile, but I also trust more than what I can see. You have to. I mean, that's the basis of living. But anyway, yeah, yeah.
01:33:02
Speaker 11: He promised to destroy the Republican Party. You all check that out. In 1999 and going into 2000, he got out of the Democrats and said, I'm going to destroy the Republicans. And he's done it.
01:33:20
Speaker 1: Well, he's taken a wrecking ball to more than just the Republican Party, though. But, yeah, yeah, that's true. So this is what was revealed to you during your remote viewing?
01:33:28
Speaker 11: Yeah.
01:33:29
Speaker 1: Okay. Okay, Dr.
01:33:30
Speaker 10: Brown.
01:33:31
Speaker 1: We got it. We got it. And we'll check back.
01:33:35
Speaker 11: Yeah, and when it starts happening and watch the game play, one good model of that was, think about it, what Richard Nixon did.
01:33:48
Speaker 1: Oh, resign before he got put in jail or before he was indicted? Is that what you're talking about?
01:33:54
Speaker 11: And then at the same time, after it was all said and done, he was pardoned, huh?
01:33:59
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, yeah. Oh, I see what you're saying. So he, yeah, good point.
01:34:05
Speaker 3: Hey, Dr.
01:34:06
Speaker 9: Brown.
01:34:07
Speaker 1: So he's seeing the handwriting on the wall. We'll resign and whoever takes over for him is going to pardon him so he will be safe. From prosecution. Okay, yeah, got it, got it.
01:34:18
Speaker 2: Got it.
01:34:19
Speaker 12: And he's going to make a couple more billions off of this. Well, you know, I listen to many of the people who call in and talk about the high prices and all of that, and those are correct observations, but we are not struggling only with that. We're struggling with a mindset of greed.
01:34:42
Speaker 11: Mm-hmm. Greed, an ethic of greed. And if you look at it from a philosophical point of view, or let's say a moral point of view, and both of our, what we would say, both of our parties, whoever thought of an election and voting was driven by money. We're always told how much was raised for somebody to be somebody. Mm-hmm. It's all about what?
01:35:14
Speaker 4: Money.
01:35:14
Speaker 11: Now, what does money manifest? It manifests greed.
01:35:20
Speaker 2: Okay.
01:35:23
Speaker 11: And you want me to say some more about that? But I'm trying to figure out what was the origin of currency?
01:35:32
Speaker 1: You know, that's another show. I'd like to go deeper into that as well. I really would. Now, let me ask you this. In terms of what was revealed to you during your remote viewing session, Was the time frame revealed or just in general? Because the ones that I've heard have said like in the spring, by the spring, before the summer.
01:35:53
Speaker 11: Well, okay, yeah. And I'm trying to look at what you just said, spring before the summer. No, it's going to hit the summer.
01:36:01
Speaker 1: Oh, hit in the summer.
01:36:02
Speaker 4: Okay, okay.
01:36:03
Speaker 1: I just wanted to make sure. You know we're going to check back with you on that.
01:36:06
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, yeah.
01:36:10
Speaker 1: And spare time is not the same as our time as well. So because remote viewing is a spiritual thing, right?
01:36:16
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's just, hey, okay, I'll use the word spiritual because I'll stay in my discipline. Okay, okay, okay. Take it into the framework of it is consciousness beyond standard consciousness. It's a consciousness that goes into, and I'll use the best word I can use, it's super consciousness.
01:36:39
Speaker 10: Mm-hmm. Okay.
01:36:40
Speaker 1: Okay. Okay. We got it. All right, Dr. Brown, we're going to check back.
01:36:44
Speaker 3: Okay.
01:36:45
Speaker 11: All right.
01:36:45
Speaker 1: All righty. Thank you for calling. Appreciate you. Indeed.
01:36:49
Speaker 10: Mr.
01:36:49
Speaker 1: Russell, you're the final caller.
01:36:51
Speaker 7: Go ahead.
01:36:51
Speaker 1: How are you?
01:36:53
Speaker 8: Okay, Jimmy. Just wanted to say, you know, isn't it amazing with all the courses in school, we don't have one on elections in this country. We need to have a course in that to deal with all these issues. variations and whatnot. So hopefully in the near future, the school, you know, when, when, when the schools ask you for a referendum, you know, if they've got educated people that can deal with those kinds of things, that would be maybe much easier than just to bring it up as they've been doing in the last few elections. So, Maybe if there was a regular course that students would take, that would help in terms of the situation. So hopefully after this election, we can maybe initiate some things like that. Well, you need.
01:37:51
Speaker 1: People to be in office who are open and friendly to that.
01:37:58
Speaker 8: Yeah, because when you talk about government of people, you're really dealing with something all over the world. So, you know, Jimmy Carter probably, when he got out of office, he tried to contribute to that, and I think it's really needed. So, just a food for thought.
01:38:20
Speaker 1: All right. Thank you, Mr.
01:38:22
Speaker 10: Russell.
01:38:22
Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Appreciate it.
01:38:24
Speaker 2: Tina, before we slip out, can I announce this? Oh, please do.
01:38:28
Speaker 1: Colts football is back.
01:38:30
Speaker 2: As you know. Party starts before the kickoff.
01:38:32
Speaker 6: Now, join Praise Indy at every Colts home game. The ultimate tailgate is presented by Franciscan Health Sports Medicine at the Slippery Noodle downtown.
01:38:40
Speaker 2: Great food.
01:38:41
Speaker 6: Live DJs celebrate with fellow Colts fans before the game. Stop on by and connect to the community. Franciscan Health Sports Medicine. Great teammates.
01:38:49
Speaker 2: You know what? They make all the difference.
01:38:52
Speaker 6: And there's something else I want to get in there, Tina, before we go.
01:38:54
Speaker 2: If I can squeeze it in. Go ahead.
01:38:56
Speaker 6: Let's see if I can find it here before it gets away from me.
01:38:59
Speaker 2: Computer will take me out.
01:39:02
Speaker 6: Hey, join us on November 27th downtown for Indie Alliance's 64th annual Circle of Lights, presented.
01:39:08
Speaker 2: By IEBW Local 481.
01:39:11
Speaker 6: It's going to be free live entertainment featuring Keith Beatty, the Indie Men's Chorus, and a cast of members from Civic Theater and more festivities start at 5 on Monument Circle. Find out more at downtownindy.org slash holidays.
01:39:27
Speaker 1: All right. We'll see you again tomorrow. Thank you for that, Eric. Appreciate it. We'll be back tomorrow.

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