Eric Dean, a 19-year-old Purdue University sophomore, casts an early ballot in this year's election on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 at the Marion County Clerk's office in Indianapolis as his father, Jeff Dean, right, watches his son, who was voting in his first presidential election. Election officials in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the state's two largest cities, said early voting is off to a strong start. In both Marion and Allen counties more people cast ballots on Monday's first day of early voting than did in the first day of early voting in 2008 . (AP Photo/Rick Callahan)