Focused on the Candidates: Stephen Melcher
A former Evansville city councilman, Democrat Stephen Melcher has served two terms on the county commission and is running for re-election in the third district.
He says his experience will provide consistency on the board.
A military veteran, Melcher says he has always been a public servant and wants to continue his work for the voters.
44News Anchor Heather Good has more with the candidate.
Election 2016: How to Write-in a Candidate
However, those numbers aren’t being seen by the Vanderburgh County Election Office.
But in general, the Vanderburgh County election supervisor says, people are excited to vote in this election.
Since opening up early voting on the 12th, they’ve already had 700 early voters and sent out more than 2,700 ballots.
But, if you are unhappy with the Republican or Democrat running for president, you can write in a candidate and it’s fairly simple in Indiana.
“Touch the area where it says write-in,†said John Gerard, Vanderburgh County Election Office Supervisor. “And then a screen’s going to pop in that you just type the name in and you hit accept.â€
Gerard says the only tricky part comes when choosing who to write in. You can’t just write-in anybody. In Indiana you can only choose from a list of candidates registered as Independent or write-ins.
