All eyes on Pritzker for redistricting
John O’Connor AP Political Writer
May 29, 2021
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Illinois State Rep. Avery Bourne, R-Morrisonville, questions Illinois State Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, on House Bill 2777, the bill redrawing the legislative districts in Illinois, on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol on Friday.
SPRINGFIELD (AP) Democrat-drawn legislative district maps to govern elections in the Illinois General Assembly for the next decade won legislative approval Friday after a day of Republican acrimony and opposition from Democratic-leaning community groups who say they’ve been ignored and haven’t gotten clear answers about how the lines were drawn.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democrats prepared to vote Friday on legislative district maps to govern elections in the Illinois General Assembly for the next decade despite an outcry from Republicans and
The 2021 redistricting process will impact Texas politics for the next 10 years. Here’s how it’ll work.
Republicans will control the process, but a legal and political fight is sure to commence over who is empowered and whose voice is diluted.
Yasmeen Khalifa, The Texas Tribune
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When the Texas Legislature meets in 2021, lawmakers are expected to take on the complicated and contentious process of redistricting the decennial redrawing of maps for the state’s congressional, legislative and State Board of Education boundaries.
Who you can elect at the national, statewide and even local levels depends on which district you live in. And the way those district maps are drawn often decides which party controls the national and state legislative bodies and the maps will remain in use for as long as 10 years. Politicians have the power to group voters in a way will give them a partisan advantage as long as they are not disc