The problem, as we saw with the last redistricting cycle, is that when self-interest and politics lead the process, it is residents and communities who are harmed, writes Ryan Tolley, policy director of CHANGE Illinois and the CHANGE Illinois Action Fund.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot presides over a special City Council meeting to vote for a new map of the city’s 50 wards at City Hall in Chicago on May 16, 2022
Rage Against the Machine has been my music of choice since The Associated Press called the Chicago mayoral election for Brandon Johnson. A real modern-day “David vs. Goliath” battle in which one candidate, whom everyone wrote off in the beginning, built a grassroots base that hasn’t been seen since Mayor Harold Washington upset Chicago’s machine decades ago.: a mayor for all of the people of Chicago and a city that works for its people.
The incoming City Council members who stood up to support people-powered mapping are geographically, racially and ideologically diverse.
We have seen similar independent redistricting models work in other major cities that have, by leaps and bounds, solicited more engagement and meaningful input from community members. If you don’t believe me,
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