Fair redistricting needed in Indiana July 24, 2021The following op-ed by Sunny Leerkamp, chair of the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission and vice president of the League of Women voters Brown County Indiana, explains why redistricting is so important to Hoosier voters. Sunny is a Quaker who has served as one of the nonpartisan members of …
Thanks to Mary Blackburn for attending and reporting on the Gerrymander Meander Votercade yesterday, July 17, 2021. The event was organized by All IN for Democracy, an alliance of over 20 civic, social and religious groups including Common Cause Indiana, League of Women Voters, Citizens Action Coalition, IFCL and others, working for redistricting reform in …
The Indiana Citizen reports that the process for redistricting could begin soon. https://indianacitizen.org/new-from-the-indiana-citizen-redistricting-process-begins-to-take-shape/ It is important for us to contact our state legislators to promote transparent districting. We will update as more information becomes available.
IFCL believes redistricting is an important process in a democracy. We want to include a variety of explanations about this process, so we are including the following column by John Krull of the Statehousefile.com and a link to Indiana Citizen as resources. John Krull, The Statehousefile.com The fact that we have set up a system …
The Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) will hold its last scheduled hearing on Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 pm. A link to register for this virtual event is here. Webinar Registration – Zoom. This will be a chance for people across the state (not just in their own Congressional District) to learn the Commission’s conclusions …
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Sometimes it’s important to explore the possibilities as we lobby. As I was contemplating the best way to communicate to my State Senator about an education bill, it occurred to me that even though I am a retired career educator with information to share, perhaps someone else could be more persuasive. I called our local …
Coming Soon to Your Couch: Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission Public Meetings. We hear people say all the time, “I’m not interested in politics.” To which it can be replied, “Well, that’s really too bad, because politics are interested in you!” In Indiana, we have a system in which elected politicians draw the legislative district maps …
MEDIA CONTACT: Julia Vaughn, Common Cause Indiana, (317) 432-3264 or jvaughn@commoncause.org Diverse and Multi-partisan Group of Hoosiers Selected to Lead Citizens Redistricting Commission Today the All IN for Democracy coalition announced it has selected a diverse and multi-partisan group of Hoosiers to serve on the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC), a shadow commission that will …
Since 1972, IFCL has worked to translate our Christian values into legislative action and to help shape responsible decisions by our state government. What inspires us as people of faith about the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission is that second word: citizens. The ICRC will be a citizens’ commission, not a politicians’ commission. The ICRC process …
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