Articles tagged as: Common Cause Indiana
March 21, 2022
Independent commission to draw citizens maps
A push to draw more independent redistricting maps in Indianapolis is underway with a new commission working on this issue.
Read MoreAugust 5, 2021
Citizen Advocates Want More Than Just Initial Redistricting Hearings
Indiana lawmakers will hold hearings around the state Friday and Saturday to gather public feedback on the redistricting process.
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2020
Hoosier Voters Can Sue To Extend Poll Hours On Election Day After Judge Halts Law
A federal judge halted an Indiana law that wouldve barred voters from asking a court to extend polling hours.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2020
Voter Advocates Sue Over Indiana's Absentee Ballot Deadline
Common Cause Indiana and the Indiana NAACP are suing Indiana in federal court over what they say is its unjustifiably early deadline to return absentee vote-by-mail ballots.
Read MoreDecember 12, 2019
Indiana Has Mediocre Performance For Election Integrity And Security
Two recent studies one by Pew Research, the other from Harvard put Indiana in the bottom half of states for election integrity.
Read MoreMay 17, 2019
Federal Lawsuit Challenges Indiana's Voter Signature Law
The suit emphasizes that Indiana lacks any rules or standards to determine whether a signature is genuine.
Read MoreOctober 26, 2018
Satellite Early Voting Sites Return To Marion County
The five new sites are the result of a settled lawsuit filed against the county's election board.
Read MoreAugust 8, 2018
Attorney General Hill Challenges New Early Voting Sites In Marion County
The creation of new early voting sites requires a unanimous vote from the Election Board. In his motion Attorney General Hill says that vote never happened.
Read MoreJuly 13, 2018
Marion County Election Board Settles Lawsuit, Will Create Five Early Voting Offices
Common Cause Indiana and two branches of the NAACP filed a federal lawsuit against the board last summer.
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2017
Study Committee Hears Testimony On Election Reform
One advocacy group says redistricting reform is key to increasing voter turnout, because gerrymandering results in too many landslide victories.
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