Hoosiers lined Market Street in downtown New Albany Monday morning to tell Gov. Mike Braun his push for mid-decade redistricting is unfair and undermines electoral representation.
Dozens of residents demonstrated peacefully outside The Grand, an events venue, where Braun was expected to be. They carried signs with messages such as “STAY INSIDE THE LINES,” “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” and “BRAUN HATES DEMOCRACY.”
The protest came on what could have been the first day of a special legislative session for state lawmakers to consider redrawing the lines of Indiana’s Congressional map. Lawmakers are now expected to take up the issue starting in December, according to recent news reports.
Indiana has 11 lawmakers in Congress. Of these, all are Republican except two members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Redrawing maps outside the regular cycle is part of President Donald Trump’s push to gain more seats in the midterm elections next year…