INDIANAPOLIS—On Thursday, Senator Fady Qaddoura (D-Indianapolis) introduced two amendments to the redistricting proposal, House Bill 1581, that would have responded to requests from Hoosiers to take politics out of the redistricting process. His first proposal would have changed the Republican proposed Senate map to one [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—On Thursday, members of the Senate Democratic Caucus introduced several amendments to address some of the more egregiously drawn districts in the Republican proposed district maps. Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Eddie Melton (D-Gary) offered an amendment that would have placed West Lafayette and Lafayette into [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—State Senator Shelli Yoder (D-Bloomington) released the below statement after her amendment to the redistricting bill, House Bill 1581, was rejected by the Republican supermajority. Sen. Yoder’s amendment would have preserved the city of Evansville in one Senate district, rather than splitting it down the [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—Today, Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis) offered two amendments to the redistricting bill, House Bill 1581. His first amendment would have addressed the division of Fort Wayne into four Senate districts, which multiple Hoosiers spoke against in the Senate Election Committee hearing on Monday. [...]
INDIANAPOLIS--On Tuesday, Indiana Senate maps were released by the Republican supermajority. Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis) released the following statement: “Despite what my Republican colleagues have claimed, I don’t agree that this redistricting process has been carried out in a transparent manner. The hearings [...]
Word Count: 823 As a member of the Senate Elections Committee, I participated in hearings across the state and listened to Hoosiers about why they deeply care about a fair redistricting process. Their message was very clear – an external citizens redistricting commission should draw [...]
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