More Than 510,000 Illinoisans Have Signed Petitions for the Independent Map Amendment
via PR NewsWire
“With 11 weeks remaining in the petition drive for redistricting reform, the Independent Maps coalition has exceeded the 507,500 petition signatures collected in the 2014 effort and is on target to reach the new coalition’s goal of 600,000 signatures.
“Support for the Independent Map Amendment has been phenomenal,” said Dennis FitzSimons, Chair of Independent Maps. “We’ve collected 510,000 signatures so far and will turn in many more signatures than the previous campaign, which fell short of the number needed to qualify for the ballot. We’re confident our petition signatures – well in excess of the required 290,216 signatures – will withstand challenges by opponents of reform.”
“We’ve come a long way since our petitions first hit the streets nine months ago, and we have more work ahead of us,” said Dave Mellet, Campaign Manager of Independent Maps. “We are 85 percent of the way to our goal of 600,000 signatures, and hitting that number will require the continued commitment of current volunteers and adding new volunteers to the effort.””
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