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Across Lake and Porter counties, voters got a hand Tuesday in crafting the November ballot, selecting their preferred candidates for mayor, clerk-treasurer and city or town council, in addition to school referendums in Highland, Lowell and Munster, though officials in both counties said turnout for the municipal primaries was low.
A Valparaiso Community Schools official reached out to the elections staff to ask the polling place be shifted from the Flint Lake Elementary School gym to the media center.
The Porter County Election Board continues to deal with late campaign finance reports. Now it wants to send a message that even if the board is lenient, there will be