SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO/AP) -- The State of Illinois is one step away from having new legislative district maps, again.
Lawmakers on Tuesday approved a do-over of legislative maps that majority Democrats approved and Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed earlier this year. The previously approved maps prompted lawsuits from top Illinois Republican and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a Latino civil rights organization, who argued that the maps were flawed and unconstitutional, because they were based on population estimates from the American Community Survey rather than the 2020 census.
With new census data released in August, Democratic leaders called lawmakers back to Springfield on Tuesday to pass new maps, to avoid the potential to give Republicans control over redrawing maps.
The new maps, which House and Senate Democrats posted online for the first time Monday afternoon, will be used in state legislative elections for the next decade.
The state House and Senate passed the measure late Tuesday with no GOP “yes” votes. It now heads to Pritzker’s desk, where it’s expected to be signed into law.
Republicans said the process lacked transparency. They’re calling on Governor Pritzker to veto the new maps.
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