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Congressman joins statehouse GOP in calling for commission to redraw districts
Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois
April 13, 2021
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Congressman Rodney Davis (center) joins state House Republican Rep. Avery Bourne and others in a news conference calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to honor his campaign pledge supporting an independent redistricting commission.Peter Hancock | Capitol News Illinois
Congressman Rodney Davis joined his Republican colleagues in the General Assembly on Monday in calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to support legislation to form an independent commission to redraw congressional and state legislative district maps.
“In the end, I think the public is demanding an open transparent process,” Davis, of Taylorville, said during a Statehouse news conference. “And many of our colleagues, including Gov. Pritzker, have said in their own words, that they would like an open and transparent process, one that’s going to stop politicians from picking
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Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis joined his Republican colleagues in the General Assembly Monday in calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to support legislation to form an independent commission to redraw congressional and state legislative district maps.
“In the end, I think the public is demanding an open transparent process,” Davis, of Taylorville, said during a Statehouse news conference. “And many of our colleagues, including Gov. Pritzker, have said in their own words, that they would like an open and transparent process, one that s going to stop politicians from picking their own voters.”
Both the U.S. and Illinois constitutions require that district maps be redrawn every 10 years using the latest census data to ensure equal representation. The Illinois Constitution requires it to be done in the year following the decennial census.
Congressman Rodney Davis joined his Republican colleagues in the General Assembly Monday in calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to support legislation to form an independent commission to redraw congressional and state legislative district maps.
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