Last week State Representative Ryan Spain participated in a press conference in the State Capitol to unveil a lawsuit to fight partisan gerrymandered legislative maps.
A recent news report summarized the House Republicans’ argument: “The lawsuit alleges the current House map fails to meet state constitutional requirements that districts be compact and allow elections to be “free and equal.” The outcome is elections that are “rigged” to favor Democratic candidates. Republicans want the court to invalidate the maps and appoint a special master to draw new district boundaries.”
Rep. Spain is optimistic about the lawsuit that was filed with the Illinois Supreme Court last Tuesday.
“We have more evidence than ever before, and while lawsuits have taken place at the federal level,” said Rep. Spain. “This is the first time legislative maps, this current map, will be challenged at the Illinois Supreme Court.”
Read more about Spain’s effort on the remap lawsuit here and check out redoremap.com for more updates.