Erika Malone 0:00

This week on Beyond the Headlines, Johnson County remains divided on plot cameras. Lylon unveils the new Bob Lidden sculpture, and the election board sets early voting dates ahead of election day. From the Daily Journal, this is Beyond the Headlines, a local news podcast focused on story shaping Johnson County. Hello, I'm doing well. Yes, it's been a busy week. Uh sure has. I'm a little tired just because my cat um his sleep schedule's been off. And uh thanks 3 a.m. is a great time to start playing. So well when the ursh to play strikes, you gotta go for it. Yeah, you know, and I have he has this one toy that's like a figure eight and uh has like little balls inside that jingle and light up. Yeah. And in the middle of the night I just hear that going off. And um it's an it's a nice uh background noise, I guess. How fun.

SPEAKER_01 1:18

So how fun. Maybe you could take the balls out and maybe replace them with rubber ones or something, but no, that would take the fun away from him.

Erika Malone 1:26

I mean we'll just have to figure out a sleeping schedule. But yeah. Anyway, how's uh how's your week been?

SPEAKER_01 1:34

It's also been very busy. Um, but I think it's going well. Uh and it's it's Friday tomorrow. Yeah, I'm recording this, so yeah, almost a weekend.

Erika Malone 1:48

Um yeah, so we're uh we're getting uh a jump ahead of schedule. So and uh we got some some news this week, like we always do um flop cameras.

SPEAKER_01 1:59

Yes, they have been uh everywhere.

Erika Malone 2:01

They have been everywhere, it's a big uh topic of conversation, um, you know, a little controversial, I'd say, as well. Um, and even a national debate over these automatic license plate readers, also known as ALPRs, um, including flock safety cameras. They've reached Johnson County. And I mean, they're pretty they're pretty much everywhere. Yeah. Um and supporters and critics are increasingly speaking out about them. Uh local residents uh participated in a nationwide block the flock protest outside the Johnson County Courthouse, raising concerns about privacy, surveillance, and government data um collection. Critics also argue that the public has limited knowledge about how license plate data is collected, stored, and potentially used in the future.

SPEAKER_01 2:50

Yeah, I've been seeing a lot uh on local groups uh about flock cameras. Um I've seen both sides of the of the argument. Yes. So, but where are we at with uh flock cameras in Johnson County?

Erika Malone 3:03

Yeah. So there's actually um an advocate an advocacy group called Eyes Off Indiana um that says there are 124 license plate reader cameras in Johnson County. Uh ALPRs have been used locally since 2020 when Greenwood Police first adopted them, following by other departments and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in 2021.

SPEAKER_01 3:25

Interesting that uh they've been around for six years now and they're just now starting to really pick up. Right.

Erika Malone 3:31

Yeah, and I think social media plays a big part in it. Yes, yes, it does. And uh even recently, like as of within the last year or so, even communities like Travalgar has gotten flat cameras. So this is hasn't been something like people didn't already know about. Yeah. Um yeah, ALPR cameras, uh, they photograph, if you don't know what they are, they photograph uh passing vehicles and automatically record license plate uh numbers, vehicle characteristics, time and and time and location information as well. Law enforcement can search for specific vehicles and create uh quote unquote hot lists that alert officers when a wanted vehicle is detected. Uh flop cameras says its cameras do not use facial recognition technology and only collect vehicle-related information.

SPEAKER_01 4:18

Hmm. Okay. Yeah. So it seems that they're just kind of spreading everywhere, um, or being used in more communities, I should say. Yeah. Um, but what are uh community members saying?

Erika Malone 4:30

Yeah, so um you remember we put out uh something kind of asking the community what their thoughts on plot cameras are.

SPEAKER_01 4:38

I think we got a good uh response pull from Pearson.

Erika Malone 4:41

She she wrote the story and she got a good amount of responses from that. So uh opponents said technology raises concerns about privacy rights, government surveillance, potential violations of the Court Amendment protections, and misuse of collected data. Recent national attention has focused on cases in which officers in some jurisdictions allegedly used ALPR systems to track or harass romantic markets. Oh boy, yeah, not a good use of them. No. Um, critics also point to reported cases where cameras incorrectly identified vehicles connected to crimes as well. Um, and that's where you get the issue with AI and things like that.

SPEAKER_01 5:18

Oh yeah. Um which is another thing that has been quite the topic of debate.

Erika Malone 5:23

Yeah. Um, several Johnson County residents are pushing for removal of the cameras through petitions, protests, and advocacy groups, such as D Block Johnson County.

SPEAKER_01 5:32

I must say all of these names like Block the Flock and D Flock, I I really do like there, those are creative names.

Erika Malone 5:38

They are creative names. It's kind of a play on words there. Um, and some residents are also seeking access to their own license plate data through public records requests. So uh we're seeing a lot of those now. Um, so it's not just us requesting uh not those, not that kind of specific data, but we request a lot of public records. Yeah. So um uh and supporters argue the cameras make uh community safer and help law enforcement solve crimes more quickly. Some residents believe concerns are overstated and that safeguards can prevent misuse. Others say the possibility of abuse combined with limited oversight and regulation outweighs the public safety benefits.

SPEAKER_01 6:16

Like I was saying earlier, I definitely could see both sides of the argument. It's it's definitely a tricky subject to say if you're for or against. Yeah. Because there are important things that it they can help with, but there are definitely problems.

Erika Malone 6:31

Yeah, just like with with anything like that, especially there's it can be used as a tool or it can be used, it can be misused. Yes. So um and from a law enforcement perspective, local police and sheriff officials strongly defend the technology as a valuable crime-solving tool, like I mentioned. So um the sheriff's office actually operates 12 flock cameras, which perform roughly 10,000 license plate reads per day. Wow, which is a lot. Over the last 30 days, sheriff's cameras recorded more than 300,000 license plates, generated roughly 18,400 hot list alerts, and officers conducted 157 searches to stop that. Um, sheriff officials say the cameras have helped solve cases involving stolen vehicles, drug off drug offenses, hit and run crashes, missing persons, and violent crimes.

SPEAKER_01 7:21

Definitely things that that need to be solved. Yeah, yeah. Things that need addressing.

Erika Malone 7:26

So Yeah, for sure. Uh Greenwood police report that since adopting ALPRs in 2021, the technology has helped recover 154 stolen vehicles, locate 35 missing people, find 32 wanted individuals, and led to 143 arrests. So I'll guess up. You see the good and the bad. Yeah, it's definitely it's definitely doing something there to help them uh improve safety. Um, police cited the fatal shooting investigation outside Ailemporium as a major case where flock data helped identify and locate a suspect as well. Um also Franklin police described ALPRs as mostly reactive investigative tools used after crimes occur to identify suspects and vehicles. Interesting.

SPEAKER_01 8:11

With all this um talk about uh flock cameras, the the good and the bad of them, uh, how has Flock responded to all this?

Erika Malone 8:18

Yeah, so and there's there's so much to flock cameras anyway that it was I know it's probably hard for Kirsten to include everything. Um there's so much to this. There's so much he could say about it. Uh, but following nationwide scrutiny, uh Flock Safety recently announced several policy changes, including reducing data retention from 30 days to seven days, requiring jobs requiring case numbers for searches and expanding auditing tools to identify suspicious user activity. Oh, good. Yeah. Um, the debate reflects a larger national conversation over how to balance public safety and personal privacy privacy as new surveillance technologies become more widespread. So um good and bad. Yeah, definitely um, you know, something that again, you can see both sides too. Yeah. Um, and people have the right to their opinion. So yeah. Um, we're gonna take a quick break and be right back. Want your business to reach our listeners in Johnson County and beyond, reach out to the Daily Journal by calling 317-736-2730 to ask about our advertising opportunities.

SPEAKER_01 9:28

All right, and we're back. Uh, I have um I went to Whiteland the other day for a new sculpture unveiling.

Erika Malone 9:36

You did, and uh I've been told it's uh it's been a pretty good story and it has some cool artwork. So, how about you tell us a little bit about that?

SPEAKER_01 9:44

Yeah, so uh Whiteland unveiled a new Bob Gliddon memorial sculpture at the roundabout uh located at Whiteland Road and Bob Gliddon Boulevard, uh celebrating one of the town's most famous residents. Interesting. Uh so community members, local officials, and members of the Gliddon family, uh they gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony held on what would have been Bob uh Glidden's 82nd birthday.

Erika Malone 10:06

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_01 10:07

So they all gathered around. Um it was a nice little ceremony.

Erika Malone 10:11

Oh, nice, yeah. Well, and you know, you cover Whiteland as a town anyway, so you have more knowledge on this than I do, but who was Bob?

SPEAKER_01 10:18

Yeah, uh I actually I did some research on him too. Um, but Glidden was a um he was a championship drag racer. I will describe him as. Um, so he graduated from uh Whiteland High School in 1962, and he became one of the most accomplished drag racers in uh NHRA history, which is the National Hot Rod Association. Okay. Um so his racing accomplishments include uh 10 NHRA Pro Stock Championships uh and 85 career victories. That's a lot. Uh he was the first NHRA racer to reach both 50 wins and 75 wins. Um so yeah, he was a pretty prolific in the drag racing scene and locally too. Yeah. Uh so he retired from full-time racing in 1997 and passed away in 2017, um, at the age of 73. Okay. Um, but in honor of him, uh the town named um Bob Glyden Boulevard after him. Um, because of its proximity, it was like it it's located right where his house was. Oh, okay. Um, or still is, I'm not entirely sure. Um, but and his racing shop was there too. So his longtime home and racing shop was on that road.

Erika Malone 11:32

So nice. Well, what does this sculpture look like? And it's nice that it's on a roundabout, too.

SPEAKER_01 11:37

So yeah, so it looks really good. I'm gonna say it it came together really well. Um, but the memorial artwork was uh created in partnership with Beaumart Industries, they're a custom metal fabrication company. Uh the sculpture costs uh about uh $350,000.

Erika Malone 11:54

That's not too bad, I got it.

SPEAKER_01 11:55

Uh and it features three iconic racing cars from uh Glynn's career. Um, and they're like going along these silver beams towards the top towards a Christmas tree, a drag racing Christmas tree, not like an actual Christmas tree. It's like those light fixtures that count down to start the race.

Erika Malone 12:12

Gotcha.

SPEAKER_01 12:14

Uh and those lights actually from like red, the yellow, the green. Yeah.

Erika Malone 12:18

Gotcha. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:19

Uh so it features the three cars are the undefeated 1978 Ford Fairmont, the 1985 Ford Thunderbird, uh, which carried him to his 50th NRHA victory, and the 1988 Ford Probe, which he drove when he became the first racer to reach 75 wins.

Erika Malone 12:36

I don't know too much about cars, but those sound uh pretty classic cars, okay there.

SPEAKER_01 12:41

So yeah. His um 1978 Ford Fairmont, they actually had that at the ceremony and um it was driven around the roundabout.

Erika Malone 12:50

Oh, yeah, you got a picture of that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:52

Um it's really good. It was noisy. It was uh it's a noisy car, but I guess that's kind of to be expected with uh a drag racing. Yeah. Um so the sculpture is illuminated from dusk until dawn, making it a prominent landmark for motorists entering Whitland from Interstate 65. Um, the lights on the um on the Christmas tree, uh, they light up.

Erika Malone 13:14

Oh nice.

SPEAKER_01 13:15

Uh also if you go by the sculpture, and I know since you'll be driving, you won't get too much time to look at it, but uh keep an eye out focused on the road. Yes, please do. Um but it there's a Scarlet Macaw up on the sculpture. Um his name is Murphy, and he's uh he represents how the Glenn family loved large birds. Oh, nice. Um but interesting little like addition to that. Yeah, yeah, that was one thing that um representatives with Beaumar, they were like, we want to incorporate little Easter eggs into our sculptures. But funnily enough, uh Murphy apparently was uh one of Bob Lynn's he he didn't really like Murphy that much. Uh I guess the two just didn't get along.

Erika Malone 13:59

But that's funny that it's on his sculpture now. He's saying, I'm here now. It's like you can't get rid of me. I'm still here. Yeah, but well, tell me a little bit more about the roundabout. It's something that's newly constructed too, right?

SPEAKER_01 14:13

Yeah. Um, so the sculpture sits in that uh newly constructed single-lane roundabout uh that replaced the former stop-controlled intersection. Um, roundabout project included new lighting, landscaping, uh asphalt, and concrete improvements, uh, curbs and storm sewer infrastructure. Uh, and that project was funded through a lease rental bond approved by local redevelopment town officials. And um, from my recollection, it that road had been closed since April.

Erika Malone 14:43

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_01 14:43

So it had been closed, yeah, 90 days. So now you can finally drive through it and see the sculpture.

Erika Malone 14:49

Yeah. Great. Well, how did the family kind of react uh, you know, when all of this project was was said and done?

SPEAKER_01 14:57

Yeah. Um, so actually several members of Bob Glenn's family was at they were at the ceremony. Um, I believe like 12 to 15 of his uh family members. He had a large family. Oh wow. Um, so his uh son, Rusty Glibben, uh was there. Uh and he said the sculpture does an outstanding job uh honoring his father's legacy, and his wife, uh Bob Glynn's wife, Edda, uh she praised the finished project, saying that uh she didn't think it could have been done any better. Uh so they were definitely um they were definitely very appreciative of not only the road being named after him, but the sculpture itself.

Erika Malone 15:33

That's awesome. Yeah. Well, it sounds like a um a really nice roundabout and a fun little art piece, uh, you know, a memorial piece that you can kind of take a glance at when you go through theirs. Yeah. Nice little addition. Like Erica said, keep your eyes on the road but when you see it. Yes. Try not to get distracted by all the lights, even though it looks pretty. But you know, obviously. And yep. Yeah, well, uh, that's amazing. So we'll uh take a quick break and be right back. Like listening to this podcast, you can help support it. Subscribe to the daily journal and at subscribe.dailyjournal.net to support your local newspaper and this podcast. Your support helps make everything we do possible. And we're back with our round table, and we got some fun stuff coming up. Uh, Project Prom. Um, the Johnson County Copic Libraries Project Prom is helping teens attend homecoming and prom without the high cost of formal. Oh, good.

SPEAKER_01 16:32

Yeah, because that's with prom, especially if it's kind of like a one and done thing, the pro the cost can be yeah, quite high.

Erika Malone 16:40

I remember uh because I went to prom in high school and my dress was like hundreds of dollars, and you only wear it really once. Yeah, depending on what it looks like. Maybe you could pass it for like a uh you know, like a dress to wear to a wedding or something like that. But mine wasn't, it was bedazzled. So um I could not wear that to a wedding, but I went to um prom two.

SPEAKER_01 17:03

I don't remember how much my dress costs, um, but I I only wear it for it once.

Erika Malone 17:08

So and then, you know, people sell them, you know, after they wear them. So and or they can donate it to places like this. Yes, which uh this program provides free dresses, suits, shoes, and accessories to teens, regardless of where they live or whether they even have a library card. Oh, good. So you don't even have to have a library cord, you don't even have to live in Johnson County to be able to come and get a homecoming draft start congress. Oh, that's awesome! Yeah. Um, so this homecoming pop-up shop is scheduled for Saturday. This comes out on Saturday, so it's uh happening today at the book barn behind the Franklin branch, giving students a chance to find formal wear before the fall dances begin because homecoming is coming up. Yes. Um, each team can select one dress or suit, one accessory, and one pair of shoes. Organizers say this year's inventory is the largest the program has had in years. Oh, good. Yeah. Current donations include 920 prom dresses. Oh man. Insane. You have options, you have plenty of options, which those prom dresses won't be out for home um for this homecoming pop-up shop. Um, those are the prom dresses are usually longer dresses. Um, but they have 460 homecoming dresses. Or no love options, yeah, more than 200 suits and more than 40 pairs of shoes and over a hundred sec accessories. Yeah. So um Project Prom leader Josephine Whitaker said the goal is to make sure teens can enjoy milestones events like prom and homecoming without financial stress. Obviously, like we said, prom dresses were expensive when we were in high school, and I can imagine what they are now. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:48

And prom is like the big moment, I feel, in high school. That's like and homecoming, too. That's the things you look forward to in high school.

Erika Malone 18:55

Yeah, that's like a milestone thing. Yeah, like you just said. So uh library staff said one of the most rewarding parts of the program is seeing students find outfits that make them feel confident and excited. So, and um, I think uh yeah, adult services librarian uh Teresa Satani, uh she said some teens are so thrilled with their selections that they even wear their outfits. Oh that's awesome. Yeah, and I could totally see that as well. So just make sure you don't get a dirty. Yeah, yeah. The program has built lasting connections with students, with some participants using Project From throughout high school and later donating formal wear formalware back to the program after graduating. Keep it going. Yeah. Uh organizers say the program reflects the library's broader mission to serve the community in ways that go beyond just books. Yeah. Um, the success of Project Rom relies heavily on community donations for local residents and supporters across central Indiana. Yeah, they can't get all those 900 dresses from anywhere. Yeah, they don't just go and buy them. So uh they are still seeking donations. Um, the program they are uh they are looking for men's in women's formal shoes um of any sizes, dresses in sizes 15 and larger for you know plus size women. Uh donations can be dropped off at any Johnson County Public Library branch during regular business hours.

SPEAKER_01 20:20

And I'm sure they will be very happy to see you and get take the dress. Yeah, or suit.

Erika Malone 20:26

Yeah, or whatever. Absolutely. Um, so if you have uh if you're any parents listening to this, if your teenager uh has any dresses or suits from a previous prom that you wanna get rid of it and get it out of the closet, feel free to donate it to the library.

SPEAKER_01 20:42

Or if your teen is want really wanting to go to homecoming and really wants a dress, um yeah, go on and visit. It's open today.

Erika Malone 20:50

Um let's move on to Edinburgh. They have some something pretty interesting coming up.

SPEAKER_01 20:55

Yes, their uh first ever rubber duck regatta. Um, it's uh generated a lot of buzz uh around the community, um, thanks in part to a giant yellow duck that has appeared out around town promoting the event. Yeah. Uh this is something I'm super excited about. Uh I bet it sounds like I love rubber ducks. I really do. So, but the event was originally scheduled for this weekend, uh, but it's been postponed to September 12th, uh, due to all the flooding around. And yes. You don't want you don't want the ducks floating in dirty water, yeah, with debris.

Erika Malone 21:28

That's that's fair. But uh let's talk a little bit about the event. Yes, it's still pretty full, and uh we wanna be able to highlight that too.

SPEAKER_01 21:35

Yes, yes, it is very cool. So uh so participants they purchase and decorize decorize uh so participants purchase and decorate oversized rubber ducks, um, and then they compete in a series of races on the Blue River. Um so ducks will launch from the public access site at Irwin Park and compete in heats, uh, with top finishers advancing to semifinals and And then a championship round. And the the winning duck will receive the traveling top duck trophy, uh, automatic entry into next year's race, and gift cards from downtown Edinburgh businesses.

Erika Malone 22:12

I wonder how you would go about making sure your duck is the fastest. Like, are you allowed to modify it?

SPEAKER_01 22:19

Yeah, they've um well, organizers they've encouraged creativity with uh ducks leading to entries like a lion-themed duck, a cowgirl duck, a bride duck, a granny bingo duck, uh, a bedazzle duck, all sorts of things. But I do wonder if um modifications maybe somebody is like, I need to incorporate this stuff to make it more aerodynamic.

Erika Malone 22:41

Yeah, or like, I don't know, make it flow faster on the river be something.

SPEAKER_01 22:46

It's really interesting.

Erika Malone 22:47

Yeah. How that would work. Well, what else is the Regana gonna have?

SPEAKER_01 22:52

Yeah, that they're gonna have a Jeep show, uh, which is tying into uh the Jeep tradition of uh ducking. Yes. Um I know some people were a little like, why a Jeep show?

Erika Malone 23:03

My parents have a Jeep and they they they're they don't participate in the duck trend, which I wish they did, but whenever they do get ducked, they're like, Why do why do I have this duck? You know, and I'm like, it's part of the trend. You just gotta, if you have a Jeep, you gotta live with it.

SPEAKER_01 23:18

So I really wish I uh had a Jeep so that somebody would duck my car, but I can see you having like 30 ducks on your car. Yeah, I I see so many people with so many rubber ducks along their dash, and I'm like, I don't want all those too. Yeah. Um, there's also gonna be food trucks, uh vendors, yard games, children's activities, and live music from DJ Chief Little. Okay, yeah, awesome. Um so Edinburgh Main Street, uh, they initially hoped for about 60 participants, but as of last week, registration had already grown to 142 ducks. Wow. So so uh over double. So uh participants are not only coming from Edinburgh, but also from surrounding communities, including Bartholomew and Brown counties, um, which is but the drive for Brown.

Erika Malone 24:05

I could see this being like a a really big event, even you know, carrying on for years.

SPEAKER_01 24:11

Yeah. Well, that's kind of um the hope, but we'll we'll touch on that. Um, but families, businesses, organizations, and schools and sports teams, everybody's getting involved. Um Edinburgh Main Street launched uh the event. Um, they're a nonprofit launched in 2025 uh to promote downtown revitalization, economic development, and community pride. Organizers received a $2,500 grant from Festival Country Indiana also to help uh cover marketing supplies and event costs, and they actually gave a duck to Festival Country. So that was really cute. Um, event leaders, they see the regatta as a fun way to showcase Edinburgh's unique character while drawing visitors to local businesses, and I definitely think they're accomplishing that with uh how much uh attention they've gotten.

Erika Malone 24:57

For sure. That that sounds so exciting. I kind of want to go, but when is it the event? I know it's uh it was rescheduled, but it's gonna be from uh 11 a.m.

SPEAKER_01 25:04

to 5 p.m. on September 12th at Irwin Park, which is at um 198 West Union Street in Edinburgh. Um to register, uh visit or if for more information on how to register, um, visit the John R. D. Drybed Community Center. Uh you can send a message through the Edinburgh Main Street Facebook page, or you can contact Chrissy Riley uh at 765-309-1163. So registration for the grata is also available on the day of the event. So you don't have to you can if it's something spontaneous, you're like, let's go on and try it. You can do that too.

Erika Malone 25:41

We should put in a daily journal duck.

SPEAKER_01 25:42

We should. A daily duck.

Erika Malone 25:44

A daily duck with uh with a newspaper attached. Yes. So and see how fast he delivers the newspaper at the end of the round.

SPEAKER_01 25:50

Yes, that'd actually be really cute. We should definitely do that.

Erika Malone 25:53

That would be really cute. We'll have to pitch that idea. Um, yeah, that sounds super exciting. I can't wait to see uh what comes of that. But um also uh election stuff. Yes, it's happening. Yeah, from ducks to election. Yes, uh Johnson County voters will have more opportunities to vote early in November um for the general election after the Johnson County Election Board unanimously approved an expansion of the early voting schedule. Um so the changes at Monday and Tuesday voting during the final full week before election day, extending early voting opportunities countywide. So you got more opportunities to get out there. That's awesome, yes. And go out and vote. You know, because it it's important. So uh early voting will begin October 6th at the Johnson County Courthouse in Franklin during the following uh dates, which is 8:30 to 4:30 p.m., October 6th through the night, and then October 12 through the 16th, and October 19th through the 23rd. Um, and then there from on the 24th and the 31st, it is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. And then the 26th through the 30th, it is 8:30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. And November 2nd, it is 8 a.m. to noon. So lots of times there, and uh we're gonna be shining out a lot of dates and times, but if you want um more information, you can go to our website at dailyjournal.net and find uh a story that we did on that. Um, you can also go to indianavoters.in.gov um to view locations and times as well. Yes. Yeah. But um some more satellite, uh there's four satellite early voting locations that will be available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on October 26th through the 30th and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. October 21st and October 31st. These locations are White River Public Library in Greenwood, the Greenwood Public Library, Trafalgar Public Library, and the John R. Drybred Community Center in Edinburgh. And the the county is also offering voting opportunities at three retirement communities as well for those um people that may have a hard time traveling. Uh Greenwood Village South on October 26th, Otterbine Senior Life Community on October 27th, Encompass Park, Indiana Masonic Home on October 28th. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 28:17

Awesome.

Erika Malone 28:18

Yeah. Well, um, although no new voting locations were added, uh, county officials expanded the schedule to make voting more convenient for people. Um County Clerk Trina McLaughlin said the additional days were added because officials expect heavy voter turnout this year. There's a lot on the ballot this time. So and we have election stories that we're working on, uh QA's and race stories. We're uh also, so be on the lookout for those as well. Um the ballot will feature more than 25 test races, congressional races, state and county offices, county commissioner and county council con uh contests, township offices, and school board elections. So a lot to consider. Yes. Um voters in both Franklin Community Schools and Clark Pleasant uh Community School Corporation will also decide on school referendum questions as well. County officials are hoping expanded early voting options will help accommodate the expected increase in participation. For comparison of voter turnout in Johnson County's 2022 general election, it was 39%. So let's see if we can raise that maybe to above 50. Yeah, we'll see. Um a as a voter center county, registered voters can cast ballots at any early voting location or election day vote center, regardless of their home precinct. Uh the deadline to register to vote is October 5th with online registration closing at 11 59 p.m. and in-person registration ending at the close of business. Yes. So make again, make sure you get out there and vote, register to vote. And um, yeah, yeah. So and like I said, if you have any more questions about uh locations, times, again, that can be viewed on indianavoters. Umin.gov or our website. Yep, we had a whole article about it. So awesome. Yeah. Well, uh, thank you all so much for tuning in to this episode of Beyond the Headlines. And let us know what you'd like to hear by submitting your thoughts to Muse Tips at dailyjournal.net and follow us wherever you get podcasts, and we hope you leave a review. And we'll see you next time. Yep. See you then.