EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Vanderburgh County election officials have discovered at least two recorded instances of poll workers making statements that favored certain candidates in this week's Indiana primary.

One female poll worker was filmed Tuesday saying, "This is Obama's house" and chanting the presidential hopeful's name. She also asked voters at the poll if they supported the Illinois Democrat.

In another instance, a Republican poll worker made supportive statements for certain Republican presidential nominee John McCain. Republican and Vanderburgh County elections officials said the man who made the statements was on the ballot to be a delegate to the state GOP convention.

Both instances were recorded by Evansville TV station WTVW, which brought the video to election officials.

Indiana law states no one may solicit votes or electioneer within 50 feet of a polling place. Candidates may not enter polling places except to cast their own ballots.

Vanderburgh County Clerk Susan Kirk said the county election board will meet in several weeks and decide whether the violations merit punishment, including asking county prosecutors to look into charges.

"I'm sure our election board attorney will advise us what to do, and we will decide and go from there," Kirk said.

GOP Chairman Nick Hermann also there wasn't time to examine all the poll workers and that the party had to work on the fly to fill cancellations in the hour before polls opened.

"I don't think it occurred to anybody that he was a candidate," he said.

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Information from: Evansville Courier & Press, http://www.courierpress.com