Indy Obama campaign office set to open

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Thursday, volunteers working to get President Barack Obama re-elected will open their headquarters in Indianapolis. The office is located at 111 E. 16th St.

It’s the first sign of the president's re-election campaign in Indianapolis, and volunteers working at the office say they know they have a lot of work to do, but they’re excited about it.

The office officially opens at 6 p.m. Staffers there will be campaigning door-to-door from now until November.

“We’re pushing through efforts to canvas and phone bank. We want to get potential voters involved,” said volunteer Mustafa Prodhan.

At this point, it is looking more and more like Indiana may play an important role in this year's election

As volunteers try to gather votes for the president, there's a lot of talk about why Indiana will matter in the primary election this year.

It's three months before the Indiana primary, but many political analysts believe the Republican nominating process could go all the way to June.

On Wednesday, the Marion County voter registration office said that Rick Santorum is 24 signatures short of the requirement to make the Indiana ballot.

A review on that matter is currently taking place.

“This is going to be an interesting year to come,” said Prodhan.