Tickets are available in Madison County for the visit of Alaska Gov. and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, to Verizon Wireless Music Center on Friday.

The 4:30 p.m. rally is a ticketed event. Tickets may be requested online at www.johnmccain.com but they’ll be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tickets will be distributed from 2 to 8 p.m. today and Thursday at the offices for the Madison County Republican Party, 601 Meridian St. in Anderson.

Palin’s “Road to Victory Rally” will be at Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St. east of Noblesville. Doors open at Verizon at 3 p.m. Friday.

The Herald Bulletin will have a news team at the event with reports online at www.heraldbulletin.com and in Saturday’s print editions.