TURNOUT TALLY: Fewer Hoosiers vote in 2024 than in 2020; election workers face more early voting and poll site tensions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 2, 2024 For St. Joseph County Circuit Court Clerk Amy Rolfes, the statistics only confirmed what she had been seeing and hearing from voters in the days and weeks leading into the Nov. 5 election. Nearly 59,000 registered voters in “...”
IMPACT OF WOMEN LEGISLATORS: Two Indiana Democrats discuss push to change Statehouse culture on sexual harassment, other issues
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 26, 2024 Looking ahead to the 2025 Indiana General Assembly session, state Rep. Carey Hamilton acknowledged she is not very hopeful. The Indianapolis Democrat pointed to the “earth-shaking election” that, in Indiana, included t “...”
OPEN RECORDS RESPONSE: Indiana secretary of state, attorney general defend actions regarding media requests for names on voter verification list
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 22, 2024 The Indiana attorney general and Indiana secretary of state told the Indiana public access counselor on Wednesday that they are still determining whether the list of 585,774 registered Hoosier voters whose citizenship stat “...”
RETENTION WINS STRONG SUPPORT: Indiana Supreme Court justices retained with historically high approval votes
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 22, 2024 Official results from November’s election show that three Indiana Supreme Court justices who encountered strong opposition to their retention not only kept their seats on the bench but were retained by the highest margin “...”
TSF story: Indiana’s old and new lawmakers gather for a preview of the 2025 legislative session
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com November 19, 2024 Following defeats on the state and national level, it took around half an hour for Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives to receive their first “...”
VOTER STATUS CONTROVERSY: Legislators press Indiana secretary of state official over citizenship verification letter sent to federal agency
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 20, 2024 Under questioning from state Democratic lawmakers, Indiana Deputy Secretary of State Jerry Bonnet disputed the contention that nearly 600,000 Hoosiers included on a list sent to the federal government less than a month bef “...”
VOTING RIGHTS AND REDISTRICTING: Indiana joins 12 other states asking for clarity from U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana gerrymandering dispute
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 15, 2024 Claiming the federal courts have “enabled statutory mission creep” of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Indiana and 12 other states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to provide some clarity on the provision a “...”
INDIANA GOP TIGHTENS GRIP: Republican judges hold onto seats and pick up new ones in November election
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 14, 2024 While the Indiana Supreme Court remains unchanged after a push to oust three justices on the November ballot for retention fizzled, the outcomes of county judicial races show Republicans are strengthening their grip on the “...”
ECHOES OF HISTORY: Legacy of Harrison-Cleveland presidential contests holds lessons for today
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 8, 2024 With his decisive win Tuesday night, Donald Trump has become the second person in U.S. history to be elected for a second nonconsecutive term as president. Grover Cleveland – elected in 1884, defeated in 1888 and reelecte “...”
REPUBLICAN WAVE: Indiana GOP scores big wins in November election
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 7, 2024 Indiana Republicans maintained their hold on state government on Tuesday, winning the races for governor, attorney general and U.S. Senate as well as retaining their supermajority in the Statehouse. The hint of the red wave “...”