Census Delays Could Jeopardize Illinois' Primary Date
WBGZ Radio 2/17/2021 | By Cole Lauterbach - Illinois Radio Network With the U.S. Census now pushing back the expected date of their decennial release of information into the window of the 2022 primary election process, Illinois’ political remapping process is facing new uncertainties. Census officials announced Friday that they would be delayed by six months in distributing reapportionment data to states so that they can redraw their political boundaries. Their new deadline for data distribution is Sept. 30. In Illinois, it was already expected that the state would miss its June 30 dea...