•March 28, 2018•

By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist

You and I have an opportunity, right now, to help reshape Illinois politics. The issue is redistricting of state legislative and congressional districts in Illinois.

First, some background.

Our 50 states are responsible, respectively, for redistricting. In 1812, Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry approved boundaries for a state senate district that outlined a salamander. Voters in the tortuous, non-compact district did elect a solon favorable to Gerry’s party.

Thus, “gerrymander,” a term that lives in political infamy.

Drawing districts has always been about benefiting those who draw the maps.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.