Valparaiso City Councilwoman Barbara Domer (D-3) announced today she is moving forward with plans to introduce an ordinance for consideration by the Council to create a bipartisan Citizens Redistricting Advisory Commission (CRAC) to draft legislative district maps for the Council’s consideration. Upon approval, Valparaiso will join two other Indiana cities who conduct city council redistricting with the help of a bipartisan team of voters; Bloomington and Goshen.
“After holding a public meeting in May to receive citizen input and gauge public support, I am excited to announce plans to move forward with introducing an ordinance to create a bipartisan citizen redistricting advisory commission for Valparaiso,” said Councilwoman Domer. “My decision to run for City Council was spurred, in part, by my involvement with the City Council redistricting process in 2022, and I firmly believe this is a process that can, and should, be directed by voters, not politicians. I look forward to working with Mayor Costas, my fellow Council members, organizations representing voters and all others who support a voter centric reform to create the building blocks of our Council elections here in Valparaiso.”
Councilwoman Domer’s efforts were praised by Julia Vaughn, Executive Director of Common Cause Indiana, who helped redistricting activists in Valparaiso create a public mapping process during the 2022 round of redistricting. Vaughn said, “I first met Councilwoman Domer in 2021 during the state and Congressional redistricting process when she was one of the hundreds of local leaders we worked with as part of our Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission demonstration project. She helped organize and promote a local redistricting mapping project for Valpo Council districts in 2022 which resulted in seven maps drawn by citizens – more public input than any other city in the state. It’s so exciting that she used that experience as motivation to run for City Council and is continuing to promote fair maps and responsible redistricting as a public official. I’m looking forward to continuing our work to make the city of Valparaiso the third city in the state to create citizens redistricting advisory commission.”
Additional information about redistricting can be found on the Valpo Redistricting page of the League of Women Voters of Porter County website (www.lwvporterco.org).
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