Rep. Amy Grant | Facebook
Rep. Amy Grant | Facebook
State Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) offered criticism toward the Illinois House of Representatives’ passage of a newly drawn district map bill.
The state House approved the newly drawn maps 73-43 along party lines, a move Grant and her fellow Republicans have heavily criticized.
"Politicians should not be picking their voters. Period," Grant wrote on Facebook.
The Illinois GOP was not alone in its frustration with the maps.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a Latino civil rights organization, pursued legal action earlier this year on grounds the maps were based on data from the American Community Survey and not the 2020 census, the Daily Chronicle reported.
The new maps – if signed by the governor – will be used for elections for the next decade.
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