On Election Day, Indiana and Kentucky are the first states to close their polls, at 6 p.m — and it will stay that way this year.
A Senate committee rejected Democrats’ proposal to add two hours of voting and match the 22 states which keep polls open until 8 p.m.
Avon Republican John Crane says the bill might have made sense 10 or 20 years ago to make it easier for people to vote.
But the state now has early voting, and Crane says that 12+ hours on Election Day is plenty of time for anyone to get to the polls.
