Whitney Downard
CNHI Statehouse Reporter
INDIANAPOLIS Hoosiers want more competitive legislative districts that prioritize communities of interest together, rather than splitting their vote, according to a report from the Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting.
“We heard several consistent themes at all of the (10) virtual public hearings, revealing a desire for a new redistricting process in 2021 focused on the needs of voters and communities,” the coalition said. “Where voters choose their legislators, instead of legislators choosing their voters.”
Because of COVID-19, lawmakers haven’t received the finalized census numbers needed for redistricting, a process that happens just once every 10 years. With data projected to arrive sometime in the fall, legislators extended the session’s end date, or sine die, to Nov. 15.
Whitney Downard | CNHI Statehouse Reporter May 31, 2021
4 hrs ago
INDIANAPOLIS Hoosiers want more competitive legislative districts that prioritize communities of interest together, rather than splitting their vote, according to a report from the Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting.
“We heard several consistent themes at all of the (10) virtual public hearings, revealing a desire for a new redistricting process in 2021 focused on the needs of voters and communities,” the coalition said. “Where voters choose their legislators, instead of legislators choosing their voters.”
Because of COVID-19, lawmakers haven’t received the finalized census numbers needed for redistricting, a process that happens just once every 10 years. With data projected to arrive sometime in the fall, legislators extended the session’s end date, or sine die, to Nov. 15.