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There's Nothing Fair About the Illinois Map: An Examination of the Reapportionment Process in Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 April 
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 Description:  Despite repeated reform efforts by a variety of activists and reform groups, the process by which reapportionment is accomplished in Illinois falls far short of the ideal. A set of cosmetic reforms was enacted at the end of the last decade, but the process is not transparent and still easily hijacked for partisan and incumbent advantage by the leadership of the General Assembly. The system falls even farther short of ideal when compared to the relatively apolitical and efficient system employed in neighboring Iowa. This paper demonstrates the anti-democratic nature of the current process and examines the mechanisms by which reform efforts have been thwarted in the recent past. The continued abuse of the apportionment process serves to perpetuate the control of a power elite in Illinois, which, in turn, prevents consideration of policy proposals that hold the potential to alleviate the host of other problems that plague the state. 
 Date Created:  05-15-2013 
 Agency ID:  Paper # 35 
 ISL ID:  000000054674   Original UID: 176085 FIRST WORD: There's