2019 Indiana Civic Health Index: Room for Improvement

From right: Lee Hamilton, Randy Shepard and Bill Moreau.

"Being a good citizen is tough work." That was part of the message from former Congressman Lee Hamilton in discussing the 2019 Indiana Civic Health Index, a look at civic indicators including voter turnout and cultural attitudes. He was part of a panel discussion on Nov. 20 with attorney Bill Moreau and former Indiana Chief Justice Randy Shepard at the Indiana Memorial Union.

​In 2018, Indiana ranked 37th in the nation for voter registration and 43rd for voter turnout.

In addition to measuring current civic health, the report makes two recommendations:

1. Convene a civic education task force to improve civic education opportunities for all ages and to prepare specific policy recommendations for civic education.
2. Increase turnout among Indiana voters substantially in 2020, with the goal of moving Indiana from the bottom 10 to the top 10 states.

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To help address those goals, Bill Moreau has co-founded the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation Inc., a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on increasing the number of informed, engaged Hoosier Voters.

​Go to IndianaCitizen.org to learn about the work of the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation. The group is also organizing the Indiana Civic Health Alliance, a coalition to support the recommendations of the 2019 Indiana Civic Health Index.

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