Editorial
Citizen voice would add equity in redistricting
One piece of business remained undone when lawmakers left the Statehouse last month. They are expected to return this fall, after reapportionment data is available, to approve the legislative and congressional maps in effect for the next decade. But lawmakers also left undone another much-needed piece of business: a better process for drawing those maps.
All IN for Democracy, a coalition of Indiana groups seeking to put map-drawing in the hands of an independent redistricting commission, will show them how to do it. With software available to anyone interested in participating, the Citizens Redistricting Commission will hold a competition with cash prizes for maps that best meet the criteria identified in public testimony as important in creating electoral districts.
Applicants sought for redistricting commission
12/21/20 10:05 PM
The ALL IN 4 Democracy Coalition has launched a campaign to give citizens a voice in the Indiana General Assembly’s once-in-a-decade process of drawing new voting district maps across the state using U.S. Census data.
Made up of 25 organizations, including the League of Women Voters, the ALL IN 4 Democracy Coalition is working in 2021 to make the redistricting process in Indiana more transparent. The centerpiece of this effort will be establishing a multipartisan team consisting of nine Hoosiers who will serve on an Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission.
This commission will be diverse and representative of voters and will function to: