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While on the campaign trail in 2018, Gov. Pritzker was asked if he would veto a legislative map that was “in any way drafted or created by legislators, political party leaders and/or their staffs or allies?” He said YES, he would veto.
He went on to say, “We should amend the constitution to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps, but in the meantime, I would urge Democrats and Republicans to agree to an independent commission to handle creating a new legislative map.”
In 2020, Senator Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) penned an op-ed in the Daily Herald in support of the Fair Maps Amendment. She emphatically stated that “Gerrymandering is an enemy of democracy.”
Buffalo County passes Fair Maps referendum (4/16/2021)
On April 6, voters in conservative-leaning Buffalo County overwhelmingly supported a call to reform the way political maps are drawn in Wisconsin. A referendum on Fair Maps a proposal to create an independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission passed with 1,306 yes votes (65 percent) to 562 no votes (28 percent).
Voters in three other Wisconsin counties backed similar referendums on April 6, joining 55 out of Wisconsin’s 72 counties that have either passed a voter referendum or County Board resolution in support of nonpartisan redistricting, according to Wisconsin Fair Maps.
Currently, maps of Wisconsin state and Congressional districts are redrawn by state legislators following each Census. Supporters of the Fair Maps proposal say both parties have abused this process to gerrymander districts breaking them up in ways that make it easier for members of their party to be elected and a
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McLean County government will soon hold its first in-person meetings in more than a year as the county begins its once-a-decade remapping of County Board districts.
The board on Thursday unanimously approved a change to its rules to allow for the nine-member Executive Committee and the public to appear in person in the County Board room (Room 400 of the Government Center, Bloomington) or virtually during three meetings in the coming weeks.
They are scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20; 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 26; and 7 p.m. Monday, May 3.
“We think it’s more workable, somebody could come in and sit down and present their case,” said County Board Chairman John McIntyre, adding the county will closely adhere to COVID protocols given the recent surge in coronavirus cases.
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