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Voting Rights Groups Raise Concerns Over Police at the Polls
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Have Voting Issues? Common Cause Indiana Will Help
Call 866-OUR-VOTE for May 7 Primary Election
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Anti-Voter Bill HB1264 will cost taxpayers, hurts new voters
We need solutions to increase voter participation, and HB1264 does the opposite.
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Elections Bill HB1264 Has Major Flaws, Must be Paused
Multiple groups send letter to Indiana Senate leadership
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Groups File Amicus Brief in Support of Ballot Access
Common Cause Indiana and the League of Women Voters Indiana have filed an amicus brief at the Indiana Supreme Court, encouraging the state’s high court to uphold the unconstitutionality of the 2021 affiliation statue.
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Democracy Advocates to Hold Public Meeting in Anderson RE: Redistricting Reform
ANDERSON, IN — On Thursday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. EST, Common Cause Indiana, The League of Women Voters of Indiana, Indiana Local Redistricting and the Anderson branch of the NAACP will convene with members of the Anderson community to discuss redistricting and address questions about the lawsuit filed against the Anderson Common Council for the failure to redistrict during the 2020 redistricting cycle.
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50 State Report: Indiana Earns Low Grade for Redistricting from Common Cause
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Today, Common Cause, the leading anti-gerrymandering group, published a report grading the redistricting process in all 50 states from the view of the community. The comprehensive report evaluates public access, outreach, and education in each state based on an analysis of more than 120 detailed surveys and more than 60 interviews.
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Voting Rights Groups File Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Anderson Common Council Redistricting Lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS — Today in federal court, Common Cause Indiana, the League of Women Voters of Indiana, and the Madison County NAACP filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against Anderson, Indiana’s Common Council. The injunction was filed in response to the council’s failure to redistrict by the Dec. 31, 2022 deadline imposed by state law.
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Democracy Advocates File Lawsuit Calling for Fair Representation
ANDERSON, IN — Today, several voting rights organizations joined two Anderson, Ind. residents in filing a federal lawsuit against the city’s Common Council for failing to draw new maps before the Dec. 31, 2022 redistricting deadline.
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Common Cause, Voting Rights Advocate Pen Letter to Gov. Holcomb Requesting Veto to Restrictions on Voting by Mail
INDIANAPOLIS — Today, Common Cause Indiana — as well as several other voting rights groups — penned a letter to Gov. Holcomb asking that he veto H.B. 1334.
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Indiana’s Voter Registration Deadline is MONDAY, April 3
INDIANAPOLIS — Common Cause Indiana reminds new voters that they have until 5 p.m. on Monday, April 3, to submit their voter registration forms in-person, online or by mail in time for the May 2 municipal primary election across the states. In order for the mail-in application to be accepted, it must be postmarked by Monday.
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Voting Rights Advocates, Concerned Citizens Come to Settlement With Gary Common Council in Redistricting Suit
GARY, IN — Late last week, Gary, Ind. resident Barbara Bolling-Williams — a long-time voting rights advocate — came to a settlement with Gary, Indiana’s Common Council in the lawsuit over the Council’s failure to redistrict. The court ruled that the old maps the Common Council planned to use were malapportioned and, as such, found the current redistricting plan unconstitutional.