The suspension marks the third time in just over a decade that voters will not get a chance to cast a ballot on constitutional initiative to make the drawing of Illinois’ legislative maps more independent and reduce political gerrymandering of boundary lines.
Alter the state constitution to eliminate public pensions. It was done to eliminate prohibition, it can be done again. But the politicians would not allow it.
Morefandave
3 months ago
The jerks in the Gen Ass are the first to accuse Republicans of being anti-democratic, but I literally can’t think of action more opposed to democracy than what they have been doing on this issue for years. It makes one want to reach for a barf bag.
Fed up neighbor
3 months ago
Cowards every single one of you
Deb
3 months ago
Democrats do not want voters to have a voice in redistricting. This would limit gerrymandering. Districts should be based on population only and be more in the shape of squares.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Alter the state constitution to eliminate public pensions. It was done to eliminate prohibition, it can be done again. But the politicians would not allow it.
The jerks in the Gen Ass are the first to accuse Republicans of being anti-democratic, but I literally can’t think of action more opposed to democracy than what they have been doing on this issue for years. It makes one want to reach for a barf bag.
Cowards every single one of you
Democrats do not want voters to have a voice in redistricting. This would limit gerrymandering. Districts should be based on population only and be more in the shape of squares.