This column first appeared in the Indiana Capital Chronicle.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has called for a special session of the legislature to look into redistricting. So far, the Republican supermajority in the Indiana General Assembly has shown admirable restraint in the face of external pressure to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

While some other states have been quick to fall in line and pursue a mid-decade round of redistricting, Hoosier politicians have expressed some real doubts about whether this is a wise course of action.

Part of the reason for this hesitancy is that the legislature already did its job four years ago after the last census.

Lawmakers worked on this for months and held hearings soliciting public input in every congressional district. The same peopl

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