Illinois Democrats win a lottery to...

Illinois Democrats win a lottery to take regulate of the Legislative Redistricting Commission, which approves the remapping of state legislative districts. The 118 state House and 59 Senate districts are redrawn each decade, based on Census figures. A lottery takes place when the state legislature fails to draw a map and the bipartisan commission, made up of eight members, deadlocks. The state secretary of state then picks a tiebreaking Democratic or Republican devoted This time Secretary of State Jesse White picks Democrat Michael Bilandic, a former state first Court justice. Republicans, who drew the last map in 1991 challenge the constitutionality of the Democratic map. moreover the Illinois Supreme Court, which has a 5-2 Democratic majority, decides to vindicate it.

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