Hoosiers don't want elected leaders choosing their voters

Gov. Mike Braun this spring signed four key election bills that will dissuade Hoosiers from casting a ballot. The laws require proof of citizenship to register to vote; ban the use of college-issued IDs as acceptable identification; allow school board candidates to affiliate with a political party; and expand poll watcher access at voting sites.

Indiana’s Republican supermajority now is considering a redraw of the state’s congressional map so that the party might increase dominance in the U.S. House, where they already hold seven of the state’s nine seats. Yet, two recent polls show a majority of registered voters are opposed to such efforts.

A survey from the left-leaning firm Change Research – commissioned by the nonprofit Count US IN – shows vulnerabilities for Republicans as the Whit