STATEHOUSE — State Representatives Cindy Ziemke of Batesville and Randy Lyness of West Harrison are inviting constituents to weigh in on Indiana’s redistricting process during upcoming public meetings.
Indiana is required to redraw its districts for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Indiana House of Representatives, and the Indiana Senate following the national 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.
Ziemke and Lyness say while Hoosiers can attend any of the nine public meetings starting tomorrow, there are some sessions scheduled not far from Southeastern Indiana. One meeting will be held tomorrow at the Ivy Tech Anderson campus from 10 am until Noon and at Ivy Tech Columbus from 4 until 6 pm.
Another meeting will take place on Wednesday in the House Chamber at the Indiana Statehouse from 1 until 3 pm.
Meetings will be live-streamed and archived at www.iga.in.gov.
Census data is delayed due to the pandemic but is expected to arrive on August 16. Members of the public can also draw and submit their own maps for consideration by using an online portal with mapping software, which will be launched later this month.
