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Change Illinois director Doubek says Democratic-drawn maps miss 41,871 people
As things stand, Change Illinois Executive Director Madeleine Doubek can’t see how the new maps now being drawn by Democrats have any chance of offering a clear snapshot of the state.
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Activist Doubek urges fair redistricting in which 'everyone's voices are being heard and recognized and counted'
Even a completely independent and transparent redistricting process in Illinois would not essentially flip power from entrenched Democrats to the always-minority Republicans, the head of a Chicago-based organization that advocates politician-free remapping said during a recent interview.
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Activist Doubek: 'Gerrymandering literally steals our voices and our choices'
Change Illinois Executive Director Madeline Doubek is blasting the state’s long-held practice of gerrymandering as “a form of voter suppression.”
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Doubek: 'We long have advocated for an independent transparent redistricting process'
Change Illinois Executive Director Madeline Doubek says her organization plans to do what it always does when it comes to map redistricting time.
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Change Illinois director: Madigan kept map-drawing power with help from two former ComEd executives
Through a map drawing, two former ComEd executives made sure House Speaker Michael Madigan was able to keep his grip on power, not to mention other recent money, jobs and internships Commonwealth Edison has been using to try to "bribe" Madigan, according to the executive director of coalition seeking political and government reform.