Despite reports of increased traffic during the early-voting period, the turnout for Indiana’s May primary could still be described with same word used to characterize other primaries conducted in recent years – abysmal.
Indiana recorded a statewide turnout for the May 5 primary of 17%. That equals the 17% of registered voters who cast a ballot in the May 2024 primary, which was a presidential election year, and is only slightly higher than the 14% turnout in the May 2022 primary.
Linda Hanson, president of the League of Women Voters of Indiana, said she was disappointed but not surprised…