Illinois Democrats to redraw political maps using census
CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats said Friday the Legislature will return to Springfield to redraw political districts that will be used for legislative elections over the next decade, this time using data from the 2020 census. The announcement came as Republicans said census data released last week show the maps that majority Democrats approved and Gov. “The release of the Census data is game-set-match against the Illinois Democrats,” House GOP Leader Jim Durkin said. “With census data now available, we will take any necessary legislative action with that same goal in mind.” But Republicans and others who want independently drawn maps — not districts created by the party in power — still have concerns about how the next round of maps will be created.
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