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Syverson sponsors People’s Independent Maps Act Aims to restore public trust in Illinois’ redistricting process Seeking to address Illinois’ longstanding history of gerrymandering, State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) is sponsoring legislation that would remove politicians from Illinois’ redistricting process. Senate Bill 1325, otherwise known as the People’s Independent Maps Act, would change the redistricting process so that a 16-member Independent

On March 30, Republican legislative leaders in both the Senate and House of Representatives came together to introduce the People’s Independent Maps Act, a proposal to allow Illinois legislative redistricting maps to be determined by an independent commission. The state’s current system of drawing legislative maps gives current officeholders the power to draw district lines, allowing partisan politics to influence