Remap Revealed Part 1: Why are Democrats so afraid of Monday?

(From the Illinois Republican Party)

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Last Friday, Pat Quinn signed into law the new Congressional map for Illinois, capping off the legislative redistricting process in the same manner that it began: disingenuous and non-transparent – the opposite of what Quinn promised on numerous occasions.

 

On November 6, 2010, Quinn said: “I think the process should be open.”

 

Highlighting the fact that the process was anything but open, Quinn, House Democrats and Senate Democrats chose, in almost every instance, Friday afternoons to inform the public about the new map that will shape the political future of Illinois for the next decade:

 

·         The House redistricting map was released on Friday afternoon, May 20

·         The House & Senate redistricting maps were passed late on Friday, May 27, the day before Memorial Day weekend

·         The Congressional redistricting map was released late on a Friday, May 27, the day before Memorial Day weekend

·         Quinn signed into law the House & Senate redistricting maps late on a Friday, June 3.

·         Quinn signed into law the Congressional redistricting map last Friday afternoon, June 24.

 

“The fact is that Governor Quinn and Springfield Democrats know just how closed and unfair this process has been,” said Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady.  “Why else would they strategically release critical information under the cover of the weekend at every opportunity?”