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Click here for background if you need it. Press release… The Senate and House Redistricting Committees today released a proposed map of new Illinois Supreme Court boundaries to bring them into compliance with the Illinois Constitution by reflecting population shifts over the nearly 60 years since the map was last drawn in 1963.
“This map is about equal representation in the state’s most important court,” said Rep. Lisa Hernandez, Chair of the House Redistricting Committee. “As we strive for all to be equal before the law, we must ensure we all have an equal voice in choosing those who uphold it.”
By Benjamin Cox on May 25, 2021 at 4:19pm
The remapping of Illinois continues to draw critics, this time for new maps of the Illinois Supreme Court.
Illinois’ Supreme Court district maps have not been redrawn since 1963. The Senate and House Redistricting Committees today released a proposed map of new Illinois Supreme Court boundaries. House and Senate Democrats say that it brings the districts into compliance with the state’s population shifts.
According to a press release today, the maps is allegedly equalizing the population and demographic shifts that have occurred in the state of Illinois over the course of the last sixty years. Currently, population fluctuates greatly between districts. According to the release’s statistics, the current Second District contains 3.2 million people, while the current Fourth and Fifth Districts contain under 1.3 million people. The map was drawn using the American Community Survey’s 5 year population estimate from 201