The U.S. Supreme Court has given the responsibility of ending extreme partisan gerrymandering to the states, and now Illinois will potentially join other states like Pennsylvania and North Carolina who have had redistricting plans struck down on the basis of identical or comparable constitutional provisions.
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In 2016, over 600,000 Illinoisans joined an effort to end partisan redistricting through a Fair Map Ballot Initiative. The measure would be thrown out by the Democrat-controlled Illinois Supreme Court after former Commonwealth Edison executive John Hooker filed suit. Mr. Hooker would later be convicted of charges related to bribing former Speaker Michael Madigan, who was found guilty in his own federal corruption trial.