(The Center Square) – Two former U.S. Cabinet members have launched a new effort to stop Illinois politicians from drawing their own legislative districts.
Fair Maps Illinois co-chairs Bill Daley and Ray LaHood spoke at a news conference Tuesday at the Union League Club of Chicago and announced the push for a constitutional amendment to establish a redistricting commission.
Illinois’ notoriety for gerrymandered maps gained national attention this summer as Texas House Democrats fled to the Land of Lincoln in an effort to avoid voting on Republicans’ congressional redistricting efforts in the Lone Star State.
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The current Illinois congressional maps signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2021 received a grade of “F” by Princeton’s Gerrymandering Project.
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation LaHood pointed to
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