House rejects Democrats’ proposed map, advances GOP redistricting plan to final vote
Discounting Democrats’ attempt to substitute what they described as a more competitive “fair redistricting map,” the Republican-controlled Indiana House on Wednesday consolidated their redrawing of the state’s congressional and legislative districts with t “...”
Indiana Senate Republicans release their maps. See them here and follow for updates
Above, at top: Proposed Indiana Senate districts. Below: Current Indiana Senate districts. Sept. 21, 2021 The Indiana Senate Republicans have released their redrawing of the 50 Senate districts, a plan expected to be incorporated into the overall GOP redistricting legislation on “...”
House committee quickly approves redistricting plan, setting the stage for floor debate on Wednesday
With Democrats offering criticism but no specific alternatives, the Republican-controlled House Elections and Apportionment Committee on Monday morning quickly approved the GOP majority’s redrawn congressional and legislative maps, sending the enabling legislation to the fu “...”
Charging gerrymandering in GOP plan, redistricting reformers present an alternative map
Above: Proposed Indiana House district map submitted to the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission by Fort Wayne schoolteacher Jorge Fernandez. Redistricting reform groups launched an intensified campaign against Indiana House Republicans’ newly released redistricting “...”
PROFESSOR’S ANALYSIS: New maps are no fairer than the old ones
Two days after Indiana House Republicans made public their proposed redrawing of the state’s congressional and legislative districts, a George Washington University professor who performed an often-cited outside analysis of the state’s 2011 redistricting announced his “...”
‘Gerrymandering has become an evil art, almost:’ Redistricting was the topic at Indianapolis Recorder town hall meeting
The following was written by Breanna Cooper of the Indianapolis Recorder through The Indiana Citizen redistricting reporting project, which was organized with assistance from the Hoosier State Press Association. Once a decade, Indiana’s congressional district, state Senate and “...”
House Republicans discuss redistricting process, defend new maps in first committee hearing
A day after releasing most of their proposed congressional and legislative district maps, Indiana House Republicans offered their first public explanation of how they’ve conducted this year’s redistricting process and sought to defend it against charges of gerrymander “...”
THE NEW MAPS ARE OUT: See them here and follow for updates
Sept. 14, 2021 Indiana’s Republican legislative leaders on Tuesday made public most of the redistricting maps that they plan to enact during a legislative process set to begin little more than 24 hours later. Above, at top: Proposed congressional district map. Below, from l “...”
REDISTRICTING IN INDIANA: Why racial justice requires fair maps
The following analysis was written by Alan Mills, a member of the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation board of directors. America is changing. And Indiana, though a few steps behind, is changing, too. Newly released U.S. Census Bureau data shows that during the past 10 years, In “...”
A study in contrasts: The representatives versus the represented
The following report was written by veteran journalists Bill Theobald and Janet Williams for The Indiana Citizen. Pictured: Emmitt Riley III, associate professor of political science and Africana studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. Sept. 10, 2021 The face of India “...”