Election board gives leeway to remap amendment group
June 17, 2014|By John Chase | Tribune reporter
Illinois election officials today gave more leeway to a group trying to get a measure on the November ballot that could change the way the state’s legislative districts are drawn.
The Yes for Independent Maps group is trying to prove to a hearing officer that it
reached the threshold for getting its proposal on the ballot — nearly 300,000 valid signatures from registered voters. That involves a tedious examination of a small sampling of the half million signatures they submitted in May.
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