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Here s a roundup of key questions raised this week about redistricting.
Why is Illinois talking about redistricting now?
The U.S. Census Bureau released 2020 data on Monday telling each state how many of the 435 seats in Congress they will have.
Every state gets at least one House seat. The rest are apportioned based on a state s population. States that lose population, according to the Census, are at risk of losing seats, those that gain residents can add seats. The U.S. Supreme Court requires that all Congressional Districts be roughly equal in population.
Illinois will lose one of its 17 congressional districts and saw a decrease of more than 18,000 people since 2010, according to the bureau s calculations. That means when a new Congress is seated in 2023, the state will have one fewer representative in the House.
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Pritzker breaks promise to end Illinois gerrymandering
Pritzker breaks promise to end Illinois gerrymandering Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker promised on the campaign trail and repeatedly after that, including earlier this year, to end partisan gerrymandering of political maps. Now he says, ‘Nevermind.’ He trusts lawmakers.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been clear on two issues: He wants to increase taxes and he has repeatedly vowed to veto any partisan, gerrymandered legislative districts.
It turns out that second promise was meaningless, as the governor now intends to trust state lawmakers to draw a fair map.
“So now, as we reach the end of this session, and I look to the Legislature for their proposal for a redistricting map, I’ll be looking to it for its fairness. And that’s something that’s vitally important for our state, as an effect on the next 10 years and representation throughout the state,” Pritzker said April 27.
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