Republican lawmakers and voters in Illinois filed a lawsuit challenging the state's 2021 legislative district map, alleging it was unconstitutionally drawn to benefit Democrats. The lawsuit argues that the map's unusual configurations violate the state constitution's guarantee of free and equal elections and create an unfair advantage for Democrats. Republicans are seeking to have the map thrown out and a new one drawn by an independent commission.
The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as unconstitutionally drawn to favor Democrats.
Nearly 600,000 voters signed petitions in 2016 for a ballot initiative to put mapmaking into the hands of an independent commission, but the state Supreme Court ruled the plan unconstitutional. GOP Rep. Ryan Spain on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment creating for a nonpartisan commission to take up mapmaking.
Rep. Dan Ugaste, a Republican from the Chicago suburb of Geneva and a longtime proponent of election reform, said he hopes changes occur before the 2026 candidate petition period begins in December.
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