Early voting, also known as absentee voting, begins today.
Voting will be at the Kosciusko County Clerk’s office, Kosciusko County Justice Building, 121 N. Lake St., Warsaw.
The early voting office will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, through Nov. 4.
The office will be open also on Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. to noon, and on Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to noon. The general election is Nov. 8 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Candidates include: Warsaw mayor, Joe Thallemer (R) and Jerry Opperud (I); clerk-treasurer, Lynne Christiansen (R); city council at-large, Madeline Call (R), Cindy Dobbins (R) and Dan Stevens, (L); city council district 1, Jeff Grose (R); city council district 2, Charlie Smith (R); city council district 3, Mike Klondaris (R); city council district 4, Mary Ellen Rudisel-Jordan (R) and William Frush (I); and city council district 5, Diane Quance (R); Winona Lake clerk-treasurer, Kent Adams (R); council district 1, Philip Hood (R); council district 2, John Boal; council district 3, Bruce Shaffner (R); council district 4, Greg Winn (R); and council district 5, Randy Swanson (R) and Ron Shavers (D); Claypool clerk-treasurer, Paul Berkey (R), Tricia Marino (D) and Miccah Shepherd (L); town council, Donald Miller (R), Thomas Burnworth Jr. (D), Niki Miller (D) and David Dills (L). Mentone clerk-treasurer, Barbara Ross (R); town council, Kent Ganshorn (R), Jill Gross (R,; Shelly Krueger (R) and Timothy Croy (D). Pierceton clerk-treasurer, Janet Castle (D); town council, Jerry Kreger (R), Carus Shaffer (R), James Bumbaugh (D), Armando Espinzoa (D) and Ronald Hall (D). Silver Lake clerk-treasurer, Tonya Conley (R) and Angel McGlennen (D); and town council candidates, Linda Baker (R), Chad Miner (R), Phillip Shalley (R), Brian Davis (D) and Gale Owens (D).