The Marion County Clerk's Office is reporting a surge in absentee and early voting.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — The Marion County Clerk's Office is reporting a surge in absentee and early voting.

Voters in Indianapolis have returned 22,750 absentee ballots. Compare that to 22,735 during the 2016 presidential election.

Early voting numbers are nearing ten times what they were for the 2014 general election. There have been 11,378 votes cast early with 5,171 of those cast Friday.

At this point in the 2016 presidential election 13,571 voters in Marion County cast their ballots early.