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Citizens Redistricting Commission Releases Draft Map; Urges Rules Committee to Provide Additional Opportunities for Public Comment Before Voting on New Districts
Today, Common Cause Indiana released a draft map of new Indianapolis Marion County City County Council districts drawn by its multi-partisan Indianapolis Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) and urged the Council to provide additional opportunity for public comment before finalizing the new map. The ICRC consists of nine Indianapolis voters: three Republicans, three Democrats and three individuals who are neither Republican nor Democrat. Last week, the ICRC spent Tuesday and Wednesday evening online with a mapping expert working to...
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Common Cause Indiana’s Citizens Commission Provides a Public Interest Alternative to Partisan Redistricting
Today, Common Cause Indiana announced that they have formed a diverse and politically balanced citizens redistricting commission as an independent alternative to the partisan-controlled process led by the Indianapolis City County Council.
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Anti-Gerrymandering Groups Condemn Ongoing Effort to Ignore Public’s Call for Reform
Today, voting rights organizations condemned the actions of the Senate super-majority who killed an effort by State Senator Fady Qaddoura to offer an amendment to create a summer study committee on redistricting.
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All IN for Democracy Holds Day of Action for Redistricting Reform
Members of the All IN for Democracy coalition urged state leaders to “rebuild the fabric of democracy” by passing independent redistricting legislation at a lobby day held at the Indiana State Museum and the Indiana Statehouse today.
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Citizens Redistricting Commission Calls on Senate to Give Community Maps Consideration
Today, members of the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) called on leaders of the Indiana Senate to pass maps drawn by citizens as part of the ICRC mapping competition, instead of the maps passed last week by the Indiana House of Representatives.
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Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission Announces Winners of Mapping Competition
Today, members of the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) announced the winners of its redistricting mapping competition for State House of Representatives, State Senate, and Congress. The winning maps will be used as the standard by which to judge the maps drawn by the Indiana General Assembly and will be a valuable tool to hold legislators accountable for the mapping decisions they make.
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Indiana Faith Leaders Urge Statewide Hearings or Timeline Extension in This Year’s Redistricting Cycle
Indiana faith leaders gathered today at the Statehouse chapel to demand that the General Assembly hold multiple statewide public hearings for the public to give input on new district maps or extend the redistricting timeline. Leaders representing a diversity of faith traditions underscored how a democratic process that will shape our elections for the next decade demands the highest levels of public debate and participation, more than one day of public hearings.
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All IN for Democracy Launches State’s First Community Mapping Competition
Today, All IN for Democracy, Indiana’s coalition for Independent Redistricting, announced a first-in-the-state community mapping contest that allows Hoosiers to win cash prizes for drawing fair district maps in this year’s redistricting cycle.
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Indiana’s Pro-Democracy Coalition Demands Greater Transparency in State’s Redistricting Process
Today, Common Cause Indiana, All IN for Democracy, Indiana State Conference of the NAACP, and Women4Change demanded Indiana state leaders immediately disclose details of the Republican political consultant they hired to oversee the state’s redistricting process at a press conference at the Indiana Statehouse. The leaders highlighted the significant conflict of interest a political hire poses for redistricting, a process that should not unfairly favor one political party.
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Democracy Reform Activists Hold “Gerrymander Meander Votercade” for Fair Redistricting
Yesterday, democracy advocates participated in All IN for Democracy's “Gerrymander Meander Votercade” along Meridian Street in support of fair redistricting and elections in Indiana. The event was held just a month before Indiana will receive data from the 2020 Census that will inform the drawing of new congressional, state, and local political jurisdictions, a process known as redistricting that takes place every ten years.
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Coalition of Voting Rights Organizations Denounce State Leaders’ Leaked Redistricting Information