Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com
Jun 9, 2021 | 1:12 PM
(The Center Square) – Claiming the recently enacted legislative maps were based on inaccurate data, Illinois Senate and House Republicans have filed a federal lawsuit against the House Speaker, the Senate President, and others challenging the new boundaries.
After the decennial Census, states must redraw their political boundaries. Before the end of the spring legislative session, the Democratic majority at the statehouse produced maps and passed them with little time to review.
Republicans and some ethnic and religious minority groups criticized the partisan process and use of American Community Survey data instead of the full Census data, which hasn’t been released yet because of the pandemic and other factors.