Common Cause IN v. Marion Co. Election Board Since the mid-1980s Indiana law has permitted voters to cast a no-excuse, early in-person (EIP) absentee ballot at the office of the circuit court clerk as an alternative to voting… Read More »Common Cause IN v. Marion Co. Election Board
Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a 2005 Indiana law requiring all voters casting an in-person ballot to show a government-issued photo identification in order… Read More »Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board
Municipal Election of 1925 Beginning with the May primary race for mayor in the Republican Party, the city elections of 1925 were dominated by the presence of the Ku Klux Klan. In May 1925,… Read More »Municipal Election of 1925
Election Riot of 1876 In the early evening of May 3, 1876, the day of a special election for city councilmen, a disturbance broke out following a rumor that would-be African American voters, overwhelmingly… Read More »Election Riot of 1876
Fall Creek Massacre On March 22, 1824, a band of nine Seneca and Miami Indians camped on Fall Creek in nearby Madison County to hunt. Apparently not satisfied that the band’s intentions were… Read More »Fall Creek Massacre
Fred Sanders Case The Fred Sanders Case involved an Indianapolis parochial school teacher’s fatal shooting of an Indianapolis police officer. On the evening of August 14, 1988, Indianapolis Patrolman Matt John Faber responded… Read More »Fred Sanders Case
John Freeman Fugitive Slave Case The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, part of the Compromise of 1850, amended the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law by giving the federal government sole jurisdiction over cases of fugitive enslaved… Read More »John Freeman Fugitive Slave Case
Gen Con Gen Con is the largest tabletop gaming convention in North America with more than 500 exhibiting companies, around 300 games launched each year, and over 60,000 attendees. Open to all… Read More »Gen Con
Gold And Glory Sweepstakes African American drivers and mechanics held the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, an annual auto race, on the one-mile dirt track at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, typically on the July 4th… Read More »Gold And Glory Sweepstakes
Heartland International Film Festival Heartland Film Festival, established in 1991, began with a question that its founder, Jeffrey L. Sparks, raised in the 1980s: what could be done to inspire the creation of more… Read More »Heartland International Film Festival
