Hoosiers are invited to attend one or more of a series of public meetings across the state to provide feedback on Indiana’s redistricting process.
Indiana is required to redraw its districts for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Indiana House of Representatives and Indiana Senate following the nationwide census every 10 years. Before legislators are expected to return to the Statehouse in mid-to-late September to redraw the district boundaries, public meetings will be held in each of Indiana’s nine congressional districts.
Meetings in southern Indiana will be held in Columbus on Friday, Aug. 6 and Evansville and Sellersburg on Saturday, Aug. 7.
State Sen. Jon Ford (R-Terre Haute), chair of the Senate Committee on Elections, will chair the meetings in the south.
“Public input on redistricting is extremely important to the map-drawing process,” Ford said. “We look forward to hearing from Hoosiers from all over Indiana during these meetings.”
Southcentral Indiana residents can attend meeting on the campus of IVY Tech in Columbus from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6 and at Sellersburg IVY Tech from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7.
Campus meeting room information will be updated as it’s available on the Indiana General Assembly’s website at iga.in.gov. Meetings will be livestreamed and archived at iga.in.gov.
Census data is delayed due to the pandemic, but is expected to arrive on Aug. 16. Ford said an online portal with mapping software will be launched in late August that will allow the public to draw and submit their own maps for consideration.