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Peoria Mayor Rita Ali said Wednesday she's Bloomington-Normal and Peoria being drawn into the same State Senate district in the Illinois redistricting maps proposed by Democrats would be good for both areas.
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Two McLean County Board members who helped select the 24 community members to lead the county's redistricting efforts say the advisory panels show political balance and gender and ethnic diversity.
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Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday released a new proposed Illinois Supreme Court district map, redrawing district lines to maximize Democrats’ chances of keeping a majority on the state’s highest court.
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Drawing new district lines for state and federal elections is the main focus for lawmakers when they begin the redistricting process every 10 years.
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McLean County Board Chair John McIntyre says the county will have three advisory panels that will draft three County Board map proposals.
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Republican leaders in the Illinois House say the new district maps released by Democrats Friday evening disenfranchise voters as the end of the legislative session draws closer.
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One Democrat and possibly two could wind up representing parts of Bloomington-Normal if the Democrat-drawn state legislative maps released Friday come to fruition.
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A political science professor at Illinois Wesleyan endorses the concept of a bipartisan commission to draw new County Board maps.
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McLean County will turn to a bipartisan advisory panel to help draw new County Board maps.
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At a special meeting Tuesday evening, the McLean County Board voted 17-3 to keep the existing structure of the board at 10 districts with two members per district.