Nonpartisan Redistricting Issue Guide

When one party controls the Indiana legislature, that party--whether Democratic or Republican--has often been tempted to draw legislative district lines to its own advantage. Drawing district lines in a partisan fashion diminishes the influence of some voters and increases the influence of others, weakening people's confidence in their democracy. Recently, however, some momentum has gathered to revise Indiana's redistricting process in a nonpartisan fashion. We'll share informative radio pieces and articles here so you can more easily make up your mind about the issue as it unfolds in Indiana.

Ways our political parties play the redistricting game to their advantage

Here is an episode in Florida, another in Iowa, and another in Indiana that together show the main ways that parties game the system when they control the redistricting process. Here's the history of this issue in Indiana and here are stories of active citizens groups that tried in the past to change the rules.

How nonpartisan redistricting works in other states

In California, we see this kind of thing and you can hear more in this story here. In Nebraska, they tried a different system which is described here with these results. In California, we see this kind of thing and you can hear more in this story here. In Nebraska, they tried a different system which is described here with these results.

How to contact Indiana leaders interested in this issue

• Senator Able at this address. 
• Representative Baker at this address.
• Senator Charley at this address.
• Contact WVPE if you know of other good resources that would strengthen this issue resource page by emailing Jane Doe at jane@wvpe.org.