December 3, 2009                                                                   

Launch Citizens’ Initiative to Take Back Illinois

League of Women Voters, BGA, Former Illinois Reform Commission Members Bring Redistricting to Voters 

CHICAGO  — A citizens’ movement to ‘Take Back Illinois’ launched today with the Illinois League of Women Voters, Better Government Association, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, and other reform groups at the helm, including former members of the Illinois Reform Commission. 

The partnership unveiled its plan for a petition drive to empower voters to change the state’s redistricting process with an amendment to the Illinois Constitution. “The Illinois Fair Map Amendment will take unfair politics out of the redistricting process and put the power in the hands of the people,” explained Jan Czarnik, Executive Director of the Illinois League of Women Voters. 

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