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"provider_name": "Action Network",
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"author_name": "Common Cause Indiana",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/common-cause-indiana",
"title": "Tell Your Indiana Lawmakers: Don't Rush On Redistricting",
"thumbnail_url": "https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg",
"description": "Just hours after the proposed new legislative maps were published, the House Elections Committee held a hearing to take public testimony on their proposals; not too many people showed up to that hearing, probably because most of us were still trying to figure out what these new maps will mean for our communities and how well we can make our voices heard in state and Congressional elections. Another hearing was held on Thursday morning and I testified before the committee that day. I told them that we are disappointed that these maps will continue the trend started with the maps of 2011. For both the Congressional and state legislative maps, the Republican super-majority has drawn mostly safe districts; ones where voters won’t have much say in who gets elected. So, we’ll have another decade of disengaged voters and low turnout. It’s not a pretty picture. We’re also concerned about the lack of transparency and time the supermajority is giving redistricting. They intend to devote only two weeks to discussing maps that will largely determine the outcome of Congressional and state elections for a decade. They also have no plans to hold public hearings anywhere but the State House in Indianapolis. Please write to your Indiana lawmakers and tell them -- we need a careful, deliberative, and public process for drawing our states new maps. Don't rush on redistricting!",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-indiana-lawmakers-dont-rush-on-redistricting"
}