Voting rights advocates warned that ‘hasty’ mid-census redistricting in Indiana would negatively impact minority voters, particularly in Northwest Indiana and Indianapolis.

Ami Gandhi, the director of strategic initiatives and Midwest voting rights programs for Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, said she’s concerned about the possibility that mid-cycle redistricting could happen “in a rushed and unfair manner.”

“Rushing through the redrawing of maps without a process that involves community input will dilute the voting power of communities of color, and it’s not acceptable,” Gandhi said. “We eagerly await more information so that we could more specifically assess the implications of any possible change to the district lines. But the rush in and of itself is a danger to our comm

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