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Tolley: Illinois residents need more outreach about the redistricting process, meetings to be involved
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks in Champaign to urge local school districts in Illinois to carefully target the roughly $7 billion in federal funds they will soon receive to help students overcome the learning loss they may have suffered during the pandemic.
What is considered a fair map, how lawmakers should deal with the Census delay, and what is the best way to draw legislative maps are all questions lawmakers and public advocates are trying to hash out as Illinois prepares to draw legislative boundaries this year.
States are required to redraw their legislative districts every 10 years. Illinois lawmakers handle the redistricting process, which has been the first point of contention with lawmakers and advocates who believe maps should be drawn by an independent commission instead.
What is considered a fair map, how lawmakers should deal with the Census delay, and what is the best way to draw legislative maps are all questions lawmakers and public advocates are trying to hash out as Illinois prepares to draw legislative boundaries this year.
States are required to redraw their legislative districts every 10 years. Illinois lawmakers handle the redistricting process, which has been the first point of contention with lawmakers and advocates who believe maps should be drawn by an independent commission instead.
“When politicians draw the maps, they look out for their own partisan purposes, said state Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield. People know. When they look at these maps they know they have been drawn up for political reasons.
WBGZ Radio 4/1/2021 |
By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
Illinois statehouse Republicans are looking to create an independent map commission to redraw legislative boundaries.
Democrats say they can t rely on what they say could be flawed data.
Republicans filed an amendment to Senate Bill 1325 to create the People’s Independent Maps Act allowing the Illinois Supreme Court to appoint a commission to draw maps.
“While we absolutely support the concept of an independent commission and a truly nonpartisan process that respects and values input from the diverse people of Illinois, we have reservations about whether this proposal is achievable given that we re not supposed to receive census data until late September and the state constitution requires maps be adopted by Oct. 5,” said Change Illinois Executive Director Madeleine Doubek.
Illinois Republicans file independent mapping commission bill challenging Democrats to support
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