Bring Back the Big House – Chicago Magazine

The Illinois General Assembly once had an unusual method of electing representatives — one that may be worth reviving. Every district sent three members to Springfield, and every voter got three votes, which could be spread among three candidates split between two or “bulleted” on one. The 177-member chamber was known as the Big House, the system that produced it as cumulative voting.
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NB
4 years ago

An important read. I think next to the constitutional “not to be diminished” pension amendment/ guarantee the end of The Big House is second major reason why the average Illinois taxpayer/ voter has become relegated to 2nd class- chumbolone status…you are irrelevant

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