NEW DECADE, SAME PLAYBOOK: With Republicans’ hiring of national consultant, Indiana’s redistricting in 2021 is starting to look a lot like 2011.
Top row, from left: Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, Senate Elections Committee member Erin Houchin, Senate Elections Committee chairman Jon Ford. Second: Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, Senate Elections Committee member Eric Koch, House Elections Committee vice chair “...”
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: A decade after Indiana’s 2011 redistricting, those on the inside still aren’t talking.
Continuing our coverage of this year’s redistricting process, the following report was written by veteran journalists Janet Williams and Bill Theobald for The Indiana Citizen. June 14, 2021 *** Jeb Bardon knew it was over for Democrats in Indiana a decade ago, as soon as he “...”
2011 in a different light: Ex-lawmaker says Democrats ‘should shut up and eat what they served’ in 2001
June 21, 2021 One way of looking at Indiana’s 2011 redistricting is from the perspective of what’s happened since – a decade of Republican supermajorities in the General Assembly and a GOP lock on seven of the state’s nine congressional districts. But Dan Dumezich (above) “...”
EMPOWERED EXTREMES, LOWER TURNOUT: A look at how redistricting can make a difference
Continuing our coverage of this year’s redistricting process, the following report was written by Indiana journalist Janet Williams for The Indiana Citizen. May 14, 2021 The passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2015 presented Indiana with an interesting question: “...”
WHAT’S THE PLAN? Legislative leaders share more specifics on the redistricting process ahead, but questions remain
Continuing our coverage of this year’s redistricting process, the following report was written by veteran journalists Janet Williams and Bill Theobald for The Indiana Citizen. April 29, 2021 Last week, after nearly four months in session, the Indiana General Assembly passed a n “...”
REDISTRICTING IN 2021: Indiana’s civic health can be improved by drawing fair maps
March 28, 2021 Every 10 years in years ending in 1, an otherwise relatively obscure figure in American history — a legitimate “Founding Father”– becomes a household name. Elbridge Gerry — pronounced “Gary” — devoted his adult life to promoting democracy, culmi “...”
POINT: “Indiana is not gerrymandered … Gerrymandering is not in the eye of the beholder, but in the eye of the loser”
The Indiana Citizen is committed to providing a variety of points of view on the crucial issue of redistricting. The following column, written by Indianapolis Star opinion contributor Pete Seat (above) and originally published on Feb. 22, 2021, is reprinted with permission of the “...”
COUNTERPOINT: “Republicans amassed power disproportionate to their support from voters. Indiana’s maps are among the most unfair”
The following — in response to a column by Indianapolis Star opinion contributor Pete Seat — was co-authored by Jay Yeager (above) and Ted Boehm, both of whom served as lead counsel in federal court challenges to partisan gerrymandering, March 28, 2021 *** IndianaR “...”
The big money behind the big campaigns: A report from The Indiana Citizen
In our continuing mission to provide accurate and impartial information about the civic life of Indiana, The Indiana Citizen is reporting on the money contributed to the campaigns of key state officials in 2020, based upon the latest round of campaign finance reports filed with t “...”
A very basic primer on Indiana campaign finance
To accompany The Indiana Citizen’s reporting on campaign finance, the following is a brief summary written by retired lawyer Bill Moreau, co-founder and president of the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation and publisher of The Indiana Citizen. February 16, 2021 *** When you re “...”