House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 28, also known as HJRCA 28, passed along party lines and would amend the Illinois Constitution’s redistricting language beginning with maps drawn after the 2030 census.
Under the proposal, equal population would remain the top requirement, followed by protections ensuring voters are not denied an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice based on race. The amendment also adds language encouraging the creation of “racial coalition or influence districts” where practical. Contiguity and compactness would still be included but ranked lower in priority.
House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savannah) issued a statement calling the amendment a partisan move that would worsen gerrymandering in Illinois.
“This is not reform. This is a political power grab,” McCombie said. “Illinois already has some of the worst gerrymandered maps in the nation, and instead of fixing that failure, HJRCA 28 doubles down, rigging the system for decades to come.
I’m not familiar enough with the maps, but I do know Illinois is corrupt af so it wouldn’t surprise me. Not a fan of Pritzker…
All you’re saying is that you have no understanding of how gerrymandering works and how systematically pervasive it is in the US
I’m familiar with what it is, reread my comment. Not familiar enough with the actual maps of how Illinois is configured, so I wouldn’t understand what they’re trying to change, outside of what the article says is being proposed. Look at VA though, they passed something beneficial to the dems and now courts are fighting it iirc from another post.
Pritzker is damn near great compared to the other governors we’ve had.
Soft on crime, cashless bail, banned 170+various firearms but doesn’t do anything against the “switches” being made or brought in for thugs to make their Glocks shoot full auto. I watched a video of 8th graders showing off their Glocks with extended mags (not "clips) and switches either in waist bands or backpacks, etc. A friggin joke. Paused taxes on gas and grocery last election, then raised it afterwards. He decriminalized knowingly having HIV and not disclosing it with partners. I think that hurts the LGBT community because it’s going to become more prevalent as the risk of spreading it increases.
Yeah, IL has had a ton of bad governors, no doubt, but being less bad doesn’t make him good… Especially bc his policies are theater. He’s done nothing to benefit the city and surrounds of Chicago with those laws, just impacted law abiding citizens more negatively.
I’m a big 1st & 2nd amendment believer and supporter, so he’s definitely not my first choice. Illinois was already far ahead of the nation with its background checks and conceal carry training retirements, but now he’s trying to serialize every box of ammo so it could be tracked? That’s definitely hindering or infringing on the 2nd and 4th amendments. Again, IF YOU’RE A CRIMINAL you’ll just buy from IN, MI, WI, MO, or IA, or steal it; so you’re not following the laws put in place, you don’t care… Only law abiding people are impacted.