Mid-Cycle Gerrymandering (HB 1032)

House Bill 1032 redrew all nine congressional districts to be used starting with the 2026 elections. It stretched districts to give one party an unfair advantage and breaks up many communities in the process, including Indianapolis, which would have been split into four districts. It suspended the usual requirement that precincts can’t cross congressional lines during that election cycle and directed the state’s election division to help county voter registration officers implement changes.

This bill would have allowed the General Assembly to redraw Indiana’s congressional map in any session, rather than limiting that authority to the current once per decade after the census. It also attempted to restrict a co-equal branch of government by rewriting the rules for court challenges. Courts would have been barred from issuing temporary restraining orders (TROs) against maps, and any appeals in these cases would have gone directly to the Indiana Supreme Court, which would prioritize these cases over other matters.

We strongly opposed this bill because it represented the interests of Washington, not Hoosiers. Communities need representatives to advocate for their interests, and breaking them up unfairly deprives them of that. This process has also been done with very little transparency or opportunity for Hoosiers to provide input.