Some Indiana House Republican incumbents could go head-to-head with their GOP colleagues next election cycle, based on shifts in the proposed redistricting maps.
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What started as an attempt at election law reform in Indiana has been pared down to a single provision that would write into law something that is already being done – require voters give either a driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number when requesting an absentee ballot online.
Senate Bill 353, authored by Sen. Erin Houchin, R-Salem, originally required proof of citizenship to register to vote and required risk-limiting audits be done after every election – something that’s been recommended by election integrity experts for years but has never been done in Indiana, as a way to verify the number of votes tabulated by voting machines.
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SIR – George Eustice (Comment, February 21) has announced £10,000 support packages for fishermen.
It is right to champion this £1.6 billion industry – but what, may we ask, has Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, done to help the rapidly collapsing, £213 billion travel industry? Other than tell the public not to book a holiday, precisely nothing.
George Morgan-Grenville
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
HS2 naysayers
SIR – My letter (February 17) supporting HS2 and ruing the opposition to attempts to improve infrastructure prompted a 4-0 naysayer response (Letters, February 21).
Two letters criticised the “limited” route – but HS2 is for long-distance travel, with minimal stops, and its ultimate destination is Newcastle, which is rather more than “half way up England”. A longer-term goal could be to reach Edinburgh or Glasgow.