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While on the campaign trail in 2018, Gov. Pritzker was asked if he would veto a legislative map that was “in any way drafted or created by legislators, political party leaders and/or their staffs or allies?” He said YES, he would veto. He went on to say, “We should amend the constitution to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps, but in the meantime, I would urge Democrats and Republicans to agree to an independent commission to handle creating a new legislative map.” In 2020, Senator Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) penned an op-ed in the Daily Herald in support of th...

Buffalo County passes Fair Maps referendum (4/16/2021)   On April 6, voters in conservative-leaning Buffalo County overwhelmingly supported a call to reform the way political maps are drawn in Wisconsin. A referendum on Fair Maps — a proposal to create an independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission — passed with 1,306 yes votes (65 percent) to 562 no votes (28 percent). Voters in three other Wisconsin counties backed similar referendums on April 6, joining 55 out of Wisconsin’s 72 counties that have either passed a voter referendum or County Board resoluti...

Eric Stock / WGLT McLean County government will soon hold its first in-person meetings in more than a year as the county begins its once-a-decade remapping of County Board districts. The board on Thursday unanimously approved a change to its rules to allow for the nine-member Executive Committee and the public to appear in person in the County Board room (Room 400 of the Government Center, Bloomington) or virtually during three meetings in the coming weeks. They are scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20; 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 26; and 7 p.m. Monday, May 3. “We think it’s more wo...

Wisconsin Examiner Gear up for new maps Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, Wisconsin's gerrymandering case. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images) The conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns an emergency public health order in the middle of a pandemic — even as new COVID cases rise. Writing for the majority, Justice Brian Hagedorn acknowledges that the virus is “dangerous” and has “taken far too many lives,” but the important issue, he writes — bolstered by two separate amicus briefs from the R...

Join the discussion about redistricting at public hearings Linda Hanson Want your vote to count for the next 10 years? Now is the time to make your voice heard! We need Fair Maps when Indiana lawmakers redistrict after the census data is returned this summer.  Register in advance at allinfordemocracy.org for a public hearing to be held by the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission on March 16, 7-9 p.m. (Congressional District 6). Indiana Leagues of Women Voters have been laying groundwork for Fair Maps over the last decade, since the current maps were approved by the legislature in 2011,...