“Gov. Pritzker did sign politician-drawn legislative maps. He has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice,” said Illinois state Sen. Win Stoller. | Facebook
“Gov. Pritzker did sign politician-drawn legislative maps. He has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice,” said Illinois state Sen. Win Stoller. | Facebook
Republican state Sen. Win Stoller is urging voters to take a stand against what he views as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s broken promises.
“By signing the maps today, the Governor effectively ignored the will of the people,” Stoller posted on Facebook. “He once again signed a map that allows the majority party to pick their voters, instead of allowing the people of Illinois to pick their legislators.”
The latest controversy stems from the governor quickly moving to sign off on maps Democrats only banded together to revise after the original ones passed raised allegations of unconstitutional partisanship.
“It's not deja vu you're having,” Stoller added. “Gov. Pritzker did sign politician-drawn legislative maps. He has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice.”
As part of his protest, Stoller promoted a website where voters could raise their voices directly to the governor. Stoller reminds constituents that the governor signed this second set of maps after he pledged as a candidate to veto any maps drawn along partisan lines.
Stoller has plenty of company in feeling outraged.
“Drawing district maps in locked back rooms yet again, Illinois lawmakers underscored their utter disregard for the will of the people and for the bedrock democratic principles of open government by and for the people,” CHANGE Illinois Executive Director Madeline Doubek said in a press release. “Gov. Pritzker said he wanted maps that reflect the state’s rich diversity. These maps fall far short of that request and should be rejected by him.”
Other groups who had called on the governor to keep his word include the Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition, the United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations, Latino Policy Forum, the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Common Cause Illinois, Agudath Israel of Illinois, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Nonprofit Utopia, according to CHANGE Illinois.
Meanwhile, Stoller recently opened a new office in Geneseo, Rock Island Today reported, which he hopes will make it easier for him to stay connected to the voters he’s supposed to represent.
“I am beyond excited to establish this new district office in Geneseo,” Stoller said in a press release. “This office will allow my staff and I to provide the people within and surrounding Henry County with the best possible constituent services in the most convenient way for them."
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