TIGHT-LIPPED LEGISLATORS: Indiana Republicans remain reticent amid redistricting protests, Vance’s return
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2025 As Vice President JD Vance returned to the Indiana Statehouse on Friday to convince state Republican lawmakers to redraw Indiana’s congressional district map, protesters and Democratic legislators gathered, again, to tell “...”
REDISTRICTING PAIN: Constituents could be harmed more than lawmakers by redrawing of maps
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2025 Despite the public outrage ignited over the prospect of mid-decade redistricting, some political experts believe state Republican lawmakers would face few consequences if they actually redraw Indiana’s congressional distr “...”
REDISTRICTING RELUCTANCE? Democrats, voting advocates sense wavering in GOP, urge continued opposition
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 2, 2025 Democratic state lawmakers and voting-rights advocacy groups who oppose a midcycle redistricting believe the silence from the Republican supermajority in the Statehouse is an indication that the marches, the rallies, the pho “...”
Votebeat story: How do we build public trust in elections?
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Hayley Harding Votebeat September 22, 2025 Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administratio “...”
LOCAL CONTROL SOUGHT: Jeffersonville crowd mostly skeptical about moving elections, voting centers
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 22, 2025 JEFFERSONVILLE – At the Indiana Secretary of State’s election study meeting in Jeffersonville on Friday, the politically diverse crowd of private citizens, county clerks and local elected officials were all in agreeme “...”
VOCAL OPPOSITION: Hundreds protest at Statehouse against redistricting
By Colleen Steffen and Sydney Byerly September 18, 2025 Pete Buttigieg spoke before a thunderous crowd in the Indiana Statehouse Thursday afternoon, calling on state Republicans to resist pressure from the Trump administration for mid-decade redistricting. “They want the outcom “...”
VOTING CASE: Morales touts ‘proof’ of noncitizens on rolls, sends voter info to DOJ
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 12, 2025 At a news conference Friday morning, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales championed his office’s effort to ensure only U.S. citizens are on the state’s voter rolls, but voting-rights advocacy groups criticized Mo “...”
Hannah News Service: FUnintended consequences – Redistricting 2025
Brace for a long special and short regular session; strange fallout? After realizing that they can’t stop the Hoosier Special Session Train from departing the station, the engineers are working to implement some safety measures as the engine warms up. Concerned that the brakes “...”
‘JUST A POWER GRAB’: Fort Wayne crowd vents over GOP redistricting push
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 11, 2025 At a town hall in Fort Wayne on Tuesday evening, the crowd was angry about the potential for Indiana to redistrict this year and frustrated that the only way for them to push back was to call, text, or email their state l “...”
IPB News story: Indiana voter advocates deliver thousands of petitions opposing redistricting to Statehouse
This story was originally published by IPB News By Brandon Smith IPB News September 9, 2025 It appears increasingly likely that Indiana Republican lawmakers will redraw the state’s congressional districts to help Republicans pick up more seats. Voter advocacy groups deliver “...”