Chicago Tribune: Citizens First?
April 12, 2010
Editorial
On Monday, the Illinois Senate’s Redistricting Committee will consider competing proposals to change the way the state’s legislative maps are drawn. If things go as they usually do, the Democratic measure will be voted out of committee and the Republican measure will go nowhere.
And that, dear citizen, is an apt illustration of what’s wrong with the Democrats’ redistricting proposal.
Chicago Sun-Times: Fair Map Amendment a good plan for Illinois
Commentary
From the days of ancient explorers, we’ve known that if you rely on the wrong mapmaker, you probably won’t get where you want to go.
Illinois soon will be drawing a new map of its legislative districts. And, just like those early explorers, if we pick the wrong mapmaker, we won’t like where we wind up.
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Take away the pen
Fair Map amendment takes redistricting process away from legislators
March 14, 2010
In California, the land of government-by-initiative, more than 30,000 citizens are vying for 14 spots on a commission that will redraw the state’s legislative boundaries after the 2010 U.S. Census.
Quad-City Times: Slay Illinois’ legislative district monsters
March 6, 2010
By The Times Editorial Board
Illinois’ contorted legislative districts defy logic. They make sense only for those with a detailed understanding of the political makeup of each county.
If everyone understood that, these twisted districts would be revealed as blatant attempts to protect partisan incumbents.
WSIL-TV News: Wanting Reform in Redistricting
March 1, 2010
By Rachel Gartner
JACKSON COUNTY– Now that the 2010 census is underway, redistricting will soon follow. That’s the once-every-ten-years process by which lawmakers re-draw legislative maps. There are groups that want to see that process changed and they met Friday in Carbondale.
