Editorial: Manipulating voter boundaries is wrong and harmful to democracy, no matter where it's done
Illinois Democrats are working behind closed doors in Springfield to create legislative boundaries presumable beneficial to their party -- as Republicans are doing in other state capitols around the country.
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Updated 5/11/2021 8:43 AM
An online commenter to our editorial last week criticizing Illinois Democrats for their clandestine, partisan approach to redistricting makes two important points, one explicit, one implicit. Both are important, but it's the implicit observation that holds the most sinister -- and dangerous -- implications for our representative democracy.
First, the explicit complaint: "This is at least your third editorial on this subject. The number of times you have called on similar measures in neighboring states? Zero. Not even a mention. Which makes it appear that the only goal is doing the work of the Republican party."