{"id":1909,"date":"2025-12-17T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1909"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:58:00","slug":"tell-your-legislators-support-bill-to-ban-mid-cycle-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/articles\/tell-your-legislators-support-bill-to-ban-mid-cycle-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Your Legislators: Support Bill to Ban Mid-Cycle Redistricting"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1909","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":53110,"article_type":70,"authors":"","related_issues":[62,395],"related_work":[296],"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"For almost 5 months, Hoosiers pushed back against the Trump administration\u2019s demand that the Indiana General Assembly draw new Congressional districts to give Republicans an advantage in the mid-term elections.\r\n\r\nWhile we were able to defeat this effort, it never should have happened. And, if Indiana had a law banning mid-cycle redistricting, it wouldn\u2019t have happened here. Indiana needs to be proactive and make sure our legislature is never again bullied by outsiders to change the maps mid-decade.\r\n\r\nSenators Fady Qaddoura (D-Indianapolis) and Senator Greg Walker (R-Columbus) are sponsoring Senate Bill 53, which would ban redistricting at any time other than immediately after the federal census or under a court order. This bill is our top legislative priority in 2026, because we\u2019ve just seen what can happen when desperate politicians decide they can change the rules midstream.\r\n\r\nPlease contact your state legislators and tell them to support legislation to ban mid-cycle redistricting in Indiana. The Indiana General Assembly just wasted precious time on redrawing maps, when they should have been working to make life better for average Hoosiers. 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