{"id":1857,"date":"2025-10-20T16:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/?post_type=press&#038;p=1857"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:27:07","slug":"advocates-urge-valpo-council-to-pass-people-first-redistricting-measure","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/press\/advocates-urge-valpo-council-to-pass-people-first-redistricting-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates Urge Valpo Council to Pass People First Redistricting Measure"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1857","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"After holding multiple public meetings, Common Cause Indiana is encouraging the Valparaiso City Council to approve a new ordinance creating an independent redistricting commission for city council districts.","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[62,395],"related_work":[296],"location":17},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":true,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":true,"person":null,"name":"Kenny Colston","role":"","phone":"","email":"kcolston@commoncause.org"},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">After holding multiple public meetings, Common\u00a0Cause Indiana is encouraging the Valparaiso City Council to approve a new ordinance creating an independent redistricting commission for city council districts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is clear the public supports this move to allow the people to control how district lines shape communities and city policies, Common Cause Indiana Executive Director Julia Vaughn says.\u00a0.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Putting power in the people\u2019s hands when it comes to drawing city district lines is one of the best ways to ensure effective, responsive government.\u00a0This approach prioritizes neighborhood voices and community needs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and we overwhelmingly heard support in the public meetings on this topic,' said\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Julia Vaughn, executive director of Common Cause Indiana.<\/span><\/b>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The city council is expected to take up the ordinance at its Monday, October 27, meeting<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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