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Tomorrow is Election Day and IndyStar continues to provide you with the information you need about the Hoosier State's most important races in 2024.

Candidates spent the weekend making their final campaign pitches to voters, from the Indiana Republicans' “Freedom and Opportunity” bus tour to a rally in Jeffersonville with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who helped rally the Indiana Democrats for to cheer on the party's gubernatorial candidate, Jennifer McCormick.

Early voting will also continue until noon today in Marion and Hamilton counties.

Stay tuned to IndyStar as we bring you live updates ahead of Election Day tomorrow. Read our live coverage from last week here.

With a little less than an hour until early voting officially ended, the line outside the Hamilton County Judicial Center stretched around the corner, down the block and down a flight of stairs that led to the White River river walk.

Jennifer Zink, a Fishers resident, said she had already been waiting about an hour and wasn't in the building yet.

“Someone told us it’s 40 minutes if you’re inside,” Zink said. It was raining off and on and several voters, including Zink, were prepared with umbrellas.

First-time voter Shelby Kamminga was at the back of the line around 11:15 a.m., determined to vote today. Accompanied by her mother, Lori Kamminga, Shelby said she was “nervous but excited.”

“Don’t miss this,” she said of her advice to voters. “This is definitely an important topic.”

Hamilton County Elections Director Beth Sheller confirmed to IndyStar that anyone in line by noon will be allowed to vote.

“At noon, someone is moved to the back of the line to secure it, and then whoever is in line until noon can still vote,” Sheller said.

-Hayleigh Colombo

Don't be afraid of the long lines on the last day of early voting. At least in Marion and Hamilton counties, if you get in line by noon — the time early voting ends today — you'll be allowed to vote, election officials in both counties said.

We repeat: Anyone in line by noon will vote as long as you stay in line.

As of 11:30 a.m., 97,000 people in Hamilton County have voted in person and 19,000 by mail. In Marion County, 132,312 people voted in person and 27,381 voted by mail as of the close of business yesterday.

-Kayla Dwyer

On the last day of early voting, the only polling place open in Marion County is the Indianapolis City-County Building. Although voting is only open until noon, the line snaked around the southern edge of the building and ended at the northwest corner of Alabama and Washington streets starting at 10:30 a.m

People in line were scrolling on their phones, wearing jackets and holding umbrellas. Near the entrance to the City County Building, people said they had been waiting in line since 9:30 a.m., including state Sen. Andrea Hunley, D-Indianapolis, who was in line with her daughters. The line still seemed to be growing. Sharonda Malone, who lives on the east side, said she didn't expect the wait to be as long as it was on the Monday before Election Day. “I’ll still wait,” she said. “It’s worth it.”-Brittany Carloni

Voters still faced long lines during early voting over the weekend.

Around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, voting at St. Luke's United Methodist Church took about an hour, and at the International Marketplace Coalition, voting took a total of an hour and 45 minutes as long lines formed inside the building.

We will also have reporters today checking how long the lines are and updating the live blog with wait times. You can also check wait times for Marion County lines here and wait times for Hamilton County locations here.

-Kaitlin Long

Can I vote early today?

Yes, but you have until noon if you live in Marion County or Hamilton County.

The Indianapolis City-County Building opens for early voting today at 8 a.m. and closes at noon.

In Hamilton County, early voting is available today from 8 a.m. to noon at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds and the Hamilton County Judicial Center, both in Noblesville.

If you live in one of the other 90 counties in Indiana, you can visit indianavoters.in.gov to see if your county has early voting hours today.

-Brittany Carloni

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