Via Crain’s Nearly 80 percent of Chicago’s voters supported a citywide advisory referendum on the Feb. 24 ballot that would reduce the influence of special-interest money in city–and state–elections by financing campaigns using small contributions from individuals and a limited…
Read MoreVia The Daily American State lawmakers are trying to remedy what they see as a broken election system that takes too long, is too invasive and has too much influence from corporate donors. Both Republicans and Democrats have introduced a…
Read MoreVia International Business Times Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces a stiff challenge in his bid for re-election, and the April 7 runoff could hinge on his support for controversial red-light cameras. The devices — which automatically ticket cars that appear…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register State lawmakers are trying to remedy what they see as a broken election system that takes too long, is too invasive and has too much influence from corporate donors. Both Republicans and Democrats have introduced a…
Read MoreVia ABC 7 Chicago Gov. Bruce Rauner is delivering a message of what he calls “voter empowerment” across the state.He spoke at two events Monday, declaring that Illinois government is controlled by special interests. He specifically took aim at the…
Read MoreVia Chicagoist Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia are statistically tied in new polls conducted days after last week’s mayoral election. The latest surveys from Ogden & Fry show Emanuel holding a slight edge over Garcia….
Read MoreVia NPR Take a look at a congressional district map, and it can look like a madman’s jigsaw puzzle. The reason is, in part, that the district lines are drawn by state legislators seeking to maximize partisan advantage. It’s a…
Read MoreVia Chicago Tribune Just as deep-pocketed business leaders are contributing cash to help Mayor Rahm Emanuel maintain a City Council that backs his agenda, major unions are doling out dollars to try to reshape a council more to their liking….
Read MoreVia Herald-Whig WASHINGTON (AP) – In a reversal of the usual worries about political influence on electoral map-making, the Supreme Court is being asked to let raw politics play an even bigger role in the drawing of congressional district boundaries….
Read MoreVia IVN Redistricting has been a contentious process since the early 1800s, when Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that reshaped electoral districts in Massachusetts to benefit the Democratic-Republicans. This manipulation of the redistricting process was nicknamed a Gerry-Mander, partially…
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