Residents Ask Lawmakers For Transparency In Redistricting Process

Evansville IN

09 August, 2021

11:09 AM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN Aug. 9, 2021 Several of the more than twenty speakers told the seven member panel that current district boundaries do not reflect the population and lead to disparities in representation. One example came from Posey County Democratic Chair Ed Adams. Adams said the way the lines are currently drawn for Indiana House District 76 and Senate District 49 effectively eliminates any chance Posey County residents have to select their representation. "If every registered voter in Posey County were to vote Democrat, there's no way that we can override the Republican leaning people in Vanderburgh County. There's no way to win." Speakers also asked the panel to hold more public hearings after the 2020 census data is received and new maps are drawn, and before they're voted on by the Indiana legislature. Indiana Conservation Officers have released a cause of death in an incident at a Princeton swimming pool this week, but are reluctant to release any other information in their ongoing investigation. More details are coming out about the settlement, including the amount. Commissioners reversed themselves after their July decision to hire the firm to handle public inquiries. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.