Indiana House and Senate to Host Public Hearings on Redistricting

 

Members of the House and Senate Election Committees will be holding public hearings on redistricting in 8 separate locations throughout the State.  The hearings are designed to allow for the public’s input regarding new legislative district boundaries for the Indiana House of Representatives, the Indiana Senate and the nine Congressional districts.  

 

For the North Group, the hearing schedule is the following:
 
Friday, March 25th:   
Lafayette, IN                           
Faith Baptist Community Center
5526 State Road 26
E. Lafayette, IN 47905
10:00 a.m. - Noon (EST)                                          

Friday, March 25th:
Crown Point, IN
Crown Point High School Auditorium
1500 South Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CST)

Saturday, March 26th:
Elkhart, IN
Memorial High School Auditorium
2608 California Road
Elkhart, IN 46514
10:00 a.m. – Noon (EST)
 
Saturday, March 26th:                                                    
Fort Wayne, IN
Allen County Public Library
900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EST)

Under the Indiana Constitution, the General Assembly elected during the year in which a federal decennial census is taken shall fix by law the number of Senators and Representatives and apportion them among districts according to the number of inhabitants in each district, as revealed by that census.