Indiana lawmakers are meeting earlier than usual to consider updating U.S. congressional districts, half a decade before new census data is released.

Lawmakers representing Southern Indiana are expected to vote this week and next on redistricting. Members of the local delegation don’t agree on whether to rewrite the maps mid-cycle.

House members convened earlier this week and pushed a bill through committee that would allow them to redraw the lines outside the normal timeframe and establish the new districts.

They were expected to meet again Thursday and Friday to vote on amendments and a final version of the maps. The Indiana Senate is scheduled to convene Monday afternoon, a switch from that body’s previous vote to come back in January.

The question of redistricting comes after a pus

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