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Group sues over new Chicago ward map

April 2, 2013
Chicago Tribune

By Hal Dardick Clout Street

More than a year after Chicago aldermen thought they had settled the contentious issue of redrawing the city's 50 ward boundaries, the new map they approved is facing a challenge in federal court.

The remap is unconstitutional because it was designed to protect most of the current aldermen, rather than ensure equal and full representation of individuals, minorities and neighborhoods, according to a lawsuit filed today by the League of Women Voters of Chicago and 14 individuals.

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Hate our polarized politics? Why you can’t blame gerrymandering.

October 26, 2012
the Washington Post

By Nolan McCarty, Published: October 26

A few years back, two collaborators and I completed a paper titled “Does Gerrymandering Cause Polarization?” Our answer was an emphatic (at least by scholarly conventions) “only a little bit, if at all.”

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Campaign funds top $1 million in Haine-Babcock, Beiser-Smith races

October 17, 2012
the Belleville News Democrat

By BRIAN BRUEGGEMANN — News-Democrat

Two races to represent the metro-east in the state legislature are among 10 in Illinois that have seen campaign fundraising top $1 million.

One of the costliest races in the state is between Sen. Bill Haine, D-Alton, and challenger Mike Babcock, a Bethalto Republican. They've raised a combined $1.6 million in campaign funds as they vie for the 56th Senate District seat, according to figures compiled by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

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Supreme Court won't hear Illinois redistricting complaint

October 1, 2012
Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge from Illinois Republicans who want a Democratic-drawn legislative map thrown out.

The high court today refused to hear an appeal from Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno and other Republicans.

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Reforms create competitive House races in Calif

September 26, 2012
The Huffington Post

GARANCE BURKE | September 26, 2012 02:39 AM EST |  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Democratic Rep. Pete Stark, the longest-serving member of California's largest-in-the-nation 

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Naperville OKs voting district map despite objection- New map divides city into five districts

September 19. 2012
The Chicago Tribune

By Melissa Jenco Tribune reporter
1:43 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2012

The Naperville City Council approved a map of voting districts Tuesday as residents continued to argue over whether they want a system of district representation.

The map divides the city into five districts that are scheduled to go into effect in 2015 to create a system mixing district and at-large representation that voters approved in a 2010 referendum.

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Illinois Supreme Court tosses GOP remap challenge: Republicans believe legislative boundaries drawn by Democrats are unconstitutional

June 8, 2012
Chicago Tribune
By Rick Pearson

 
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican challenge to have the state's new Dem

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Ill. Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to state legislative remap

June 8, 2012
Chicago Sun Times
BY DAVE MCKINNEY 
 
 
Without explanation, the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court Thursday rejected a

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Supreme Court refuses to hear Illinois redistricting challenge

May 21, 2012
Washington Post
by Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to redistricting in Illinois despite complaints from the League of Women Voters of Illino

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Racial politics on display in County Board remap

May 10, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
MARK BROWN


Veteran Cook County Commissioner Earlean Collins told me Wednesday the same thing she has been telling her colleagues: She w

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