Editorial: Elections board in hurry to spike remap amendment
Chicago Tribune
The State Board of Elections is in a hurry to spike the remap amendment
State election officials say the campaign to change how Illinois draws its legislative maps came up way short of the signatures needed to get its measure on the November ballot. Yes for Independent Maps says it can prove otherwise.
It’s a steep hill to climb. Why is the State Board of Elections determined to block the path?
Could it be because this is a campaign to take power from the politicians and give it to the people?
The remap campaign needed 298,400 valid signatures from registered voters to qualify for the ballot. It submitted 507,467 signatures. State examiners rejected more than half the signatures examined in a random sample of 25,000. That translates into an expected shortfall in the minimum number required.
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