Illinois State House Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) | repbourne.com
Illinois State House Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) | repbourne.com
State Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Litchfield) took to the House floor to point out inconsistencies she sees in newly redistricted legislative maps.
She took particular offense to the House District 104 map. ”This district was drawn to keep surrounding communities around Champaign-Urbana together. That was an important priority in the state legislative maps. Guess what? It looks like in the Congressional maps we had to keep them together for a district of 108,000, but in the congressional maps we had to draw that area into four different congressional districts. Four.”
Bourne directed her comments to the Democratic lawmakers who drew the maps. “I love how you tried to pretend you took community input for the state maps. You don't even try in the Congressional maps. We all know this is about keeping Nancy Pelosi in power and it has nothing to do with the people of Illinois. Please vote no.”
Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) called the new map “the most gerrymandered map in the country.”
Chicago resident Clare Duggan, with Coalition for Change’s Illinois chapter, said, “I just want to put it on record our concern, as a grassroots organization, that this process is making it quite difficult for individual citizens to be involved.”
The new Congressional map passed Nov. 2 with a 71 to 43 vote. The bill the passed with a 41 to 18 vote in the Senate. It also passed without any Republican input.
If Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs it, the Republicans lose two seats and the Democrats gain one.
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