If there is one thing that the Illinois Senate legislative redistricting committee has exposed since initiating public hearings last July, it's the undemocratic nature of our legislative mapping system. Here's our quick summary of how the current system works:
In 1981, 1991, and 2001 lawmakers tried to tackle redistricting as whole, but each time [...]
It's insiders, not necessarily Democrats or Republicans, who benefit most from Illinois redistricting system, a coalition of government reformers said last week. Illinois' problems run deeper than how campaigns are financed, which men or women present themselves as candidates and the discontentedness of voters. The real problem, says a coalition pushing [...]
