Legislature is preparing to vote on its redistricting maps

Posted on May 28, 2021
An amended, and apparently final, version of the legislative map was unveiled late Thursday and heard in committee Friday morning on an hour and sixteen minutes’ notice. One hour is the minimum. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – By the end of Monday, Illinois could have new legislative maps to the governor’s desk. And superminority Republicans hope Gov. JB Pritzker, if he sees them, vetoes them.

An amended, and apparently final, version of the legislative map was unveiled late Thursday and heard in committee Friday morning on an hour and sixteen minutes’ notice. One hour is the minimum.

“This is absolutely one of the most shameful things I’ve ever seen,” said State Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield), the top Republican on the committee. “And THEY KNOW IT !!”

State Rep. Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) says the process occurred with an extraordinary amount of public input, though Butler and other Republicans say it’s been anything but transparent and is lacking U.S. Census data. That information is coming this fall, which would be after a June 30 deadline for the process to wrap up under firm Democratic control.

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Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]

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