This is a Republican state. Obviously, the majority of Indiana's congressional and legislative seats will be held by the GOP, so the argument goes. Dig deeper into election results, however, and it's clear the state isn't as Republican as it might appear. Gerrymandered districts give the party in power unfair advantage.
When the Indiana House's Committee on Elections and Apportionment meets Saturday at Ivy Tech Community College's Coliseum campus, lawmakers should hear from voters demanding change. They need to hear calls for a fair and transparent redistricting process. They need to know Hoosiers won't stand for the kinds of maps drawn after the 2010 census, creating congressional districts resistant to any partisan turnover. They need to know voters don't want legislative districts drawn to protect incumbents and discourage competition. More than a third of legislative candidates in 2016's November election were uncontested.