Independent Maps Aims to Remove Politics from Legislative Redistricting
via Chicago Tonight
“Every 10 years, Illinois lawmakers redraw legislative districts. Critics say it’s a bad system that has legislators selecting their voters as opposed to voters electing their representatives.
Independent Maps is a group in Illinois that is leading an effort to change the system with a constitutional amendment.
The nonpartisan organization wants an independent commission—not partisan legislators—to redraw the state’s legislative boundaries and needs 290,216 valid petition signatures to get on the voting ballot in November. According to Independent Maps’ year-end report, the organization has already collected nearly 500,000 signatures.”
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