STRAIGHT TICKET STUMBLES: Bipartisan push to reform voting is meeting familiar resistance
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 22, 2026 A bipartisan group of Indiana lawmakers are trying again this year to shift the state away from straight-ticket voting – but say they are running into familiar roadblocks that are likely to stymie their hopes of changing how “...”
Beckwith’s 2026 agenda: Property tax elimination, firing squads, the Ten Commandments – and opposing election changes
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 22, 2026 Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is staking out his top priorities for this year’s Indiana legislative session, including urging lawmakers to eliminate property taxes, expand cooperation with the federal government’s deportation ef “...”
Reducing negativity or undermining confidence? Bill debates ranked-choice voting
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Luke Shepherd TheStatehouseFile.com January 19, 2026 Ranked-choice voting has grown in recent years, now used in 52 different U.S. cities, counties and states, most notably in Alaska, Maine and New York City. Indian “...”
‘A VOICE, A CHOICE AND A VOTE’: Indiana Rural Summit recruits and supports new candidates for 2026 races
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 9, 2026 Although she said “no” the first time she was asked to run for public office, Coumba Kebe changed her mind when, she said, the Indiana General Assembly ignored the pleas of advocates and instead gutted Medicaid. Kebe, th “...”
INDEPENDENT STREAK: Nonprofit seeks more competitive elections in Indiana by looking beyond Republican and Democratic candidates
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 2, 2026 With the window opening on Jan. 7 for Republican and Democratic candidates to file for the 2026 elections, an Indiana nonpartisan nonprofit is offering a suggestion for engaging voters and making elected officials more respo “...”
SIGNATURE IRREGULARITIES: Woman enters guilty plea in St. Joseph County election fraud case
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 29, 2025 A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to a single counterfeiting charge in St. Joseph County, Indiana, for allegedly forging signatures on a candidate petition form in 2024. Karina Escobar Perez, 27, entered the guilty plea t “...”
‘IS SOMEONE LYING?’: Gov. Braun calls Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s claims about redistricting fallout for federal funding ‘fake news’
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 Gov. Mike Braun is at odds with Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith over how President Donald Trump’s administration will respond to Indiana’s failure to approve new congressional maps, with Braun forcefully rejecting Beckwith’s cl “...”
FRUSTRATION SHOWS: Lt. Gov. Beckwith tangles with protesters, live posts amid failed redistricting bid
By Marilyn Odendahl and Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 12, 2025 Speaking to NewsNation shortly after the Indiana Senate squashed the redistricting effort, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, who was an early and pugnacious supporter of redrawing the state’s congressional distr “...”
From the Statehouse to the White House, reactions to Indiana’s defeat of redistricting
By TheStatehouseFile.com December 12, 2025 From the White House to the Statehouse, reactions to Thursday’s defeat of mid-cycle redistricting in the Indiana Senate have been pouring in, and many lawmakers are explaining their votes. Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Ma “...”
REDISTRICTING DEFEATED: Indiana Senate votes against redrawing congressional map
By TheStatehouseFile.com and The Indiana Citizen December 11, 2025 Voting 31-to-19 against redrawing the state’s congressional district map, the Indiana Senate brought to a close on Thursday a four-month brawl over redistricting that split the Republican supermajority and drew “...”