{"id":815,"date":"2024-06-17T17:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T21:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/?post_type=work&p=815"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:39:12","slug":"ending-gerrymandering-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/work\/ending-gerrymandering-in-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Ending Gerrymandering in Indiana"},"template":"","class_list":["post-815","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry","work_type-campaign"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause Indiana is leading the fight for fair redistricting in Indiana. We support legislation to create a people's redistricting commission in Indiana and establish nonpartisan redistricting standards.","featured_image":20441,"work_type":154,"related_issues":[62,395],"location":17},"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":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Since 2015, the All IN for Democracy coalition has led the fight in Indiana for fair maps.\u00a0 In 2021, our model redistricting commission, the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission, demonstrated how redistricting should be done: by a multi-partisan and diverse group of Hoosiers with no direct interest in the outcome. The public mapping competition we sponsored showed that Hoosiers are quite capable of drawing new districts free of partisan bias and while respecting communities of interest.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately the political environment inside Congress and the Indiana State House makes redistricting reform at the federal and state reform unlikely at present. While we continue to work in coalition for state level reform, we\u2019re currently focusing on building support to enact local ordinances to create people's redistricting commissions for city councils and county commissions, like Bloomington, Goshen, and Monroe County have passed.\r\n\r\nWant to help get one passed in your community?\u00a0 Contact Julia Vaughn at jvaughn@commoncause.org<\/a>. and we\u2019ll help you get started."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Local Redistricting Litigation<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn June of 2023, Common Cause Indiana, the League of Women Voters of Indiana and the Madison County branch of the NAACP sued the Anderson City Council for their failure to redistrict after the 2020 census.\u00a0 Because of the Council\u2019s failure to redistrict, their current Council districts are significantly malapportioned.\u00a0 While we had hoped that the Council would be willing to quickly settle this case by agreeing to draw new maps, they have mounted an expensive and illogical fight against our attempt to ensure that all Anderson residents have an equal vote in city council elections.\r\n\r\nLearn More About the Case<\/a>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_take_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_take_action":{"heading":"Take Action","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"action":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_banner","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_banner":{"use_donate_banner":true,"title":"Title [highlight]with highlighting[\/highlight] and additional text.","button":null,"image":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_press","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_press":{"heading":"Press","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"press":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_events","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_events":{"heading":"Events"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_our_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":false,"people":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nEnding Gerrymandering in Indiana - 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