WHO’S ON FIRST? Braun, Beckwith confuse Hoosiers with muddled messaging on redistricting
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 24, 2025 When Indiana Senate leadership confirmed publicly on Wednesday that the Republicans did not have enough votes to support mid-decade redistricting, Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith issued their own responses, clea “...”
Hannah News Service: Mapping out moving pieces – Redistricting 2025
Indiana Insight Hannah News Service October 24th, 2025 Nothing simple in mousetrapped map mess: a possible way out? While he was personally seeking to negotiate a peace agreement in the Russia- Ukraine war with Ukraine’s president, President Donald Trump (R) took time away from “...”
‘EVERYTHING’S AT RISK’: Black lawmakers fear redistricting in Indiana will disenfranchise minorities
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 22, 2025 Even as they conceded their Republican colleagues could draw new congressional maps that would likely boot both Democrats from the state’s congressional delegation, members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus tried to “...”
‘BARRIER TO VOTING’: Indiana sued over proof-of-citizenship laws; naturalized citizens at risk
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 22, 2025 After warning lawmakers about potential litigation and sending two letters asserting the state is violating federal election laws, voting-rights advocates have filed a lawsuit against Indiana election officials over the sta “...”
ReCenter Indiana hosting 3 redistricting town halls
The Indiana Citizen October 17, 2025 ReCenter Indiana Inc., a civic-engagement organization, will be hosting three town halls to discuss mid-decade redistricting and listen to Hoosiers’ concerns. The “nonpartisan listening sessions” are billed as elevating citizen voices “...”
DISGRUNTLED VOTERS: Poll finds Hoosiers unhappy with elected officials and redistricting effort
Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 17, 2025 A new poll shows a majority of Hoosier voters have an unfavorable opinion of their elected officials and think Indiana is headed in the wrong direction, but one political expert described the discontent as “par for the cours “...”
PRIVACY CONCERNS: Democracy advocates sue to stop pooling of Americans’ personal data
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 16, 2025 A class action lawsuit filed Sept. 30 in federal court provides a glimpse into what the Trump administration is doing with the voter data Indiana and other states have entered into the SAVE system and turned over to the U.S “...”
TIGHT-LIPPED LEGISLATORS: Indiana Republicans remain reticent amid redistricting protests, Vance’s return
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 the GOP supermajority to “Just say no.” “...”
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 “...”