Testimony and Position Statements
January 11, 2012
Rey López-Calderon on behalf of CHANGE Illinois!: Testimony to the Chicago City Council Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics Field Hearing
On behalf of CHANGE Illinois! -- an independent and non-partisan coalition of diverse interests including organizations that represent more than 2 million Illinoisans working for political reform – I thank you for the opportunity to present testimony today about the redistricting process.
CHANGE Illinois! advocates a redistricting system to advance the common good, ensure that voter voices are amplified, promote diversity, expand opportunities for representation, and create a transparent. . .
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May 22, 2011
CHANGE Illinois! Testimony to the Illinois House Redistricting Committee
I appear before you today on behalf of CHANGE Illinois!, an independent and non- partisan coalition of diverse interests including organizations that represent more than 2 million Illinoisans working for political reform.
The hearings held by Senate and the House redistricting committees prior to the release of proposed maps offered a good opportunity for the public to tell you what. . .
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April 19, 2011
CHANGE Illinois! Testimony to the Illinois Senate Redistricting Committee
On behalf of CHANGE Illinois! -- an independent and non-partisan coalition of diverse interests including organizations that represent more than 2 million Illinoisans working for political reform – I thank you for the opportunity to present testimony today about the redistricting process.
CHANGE Illinois! advocates a redistricting system to advance the common good, ensure that voter voices are amplified, promote diversity, expand opportunities for . . .
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April 6, 2011
Whitney Woodward on behalf of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform: Testimony to the Illinois Senate Redistricting Committee
The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform is a non-partisan, non-profit, public interest group that researches and advocates for transparency and accountability in government and politics. For the last 18 months, we have been working to educate the public about redistricting and how it affects government. Much of our work has been to highlight the lack of . . .
November 30, 2010
CHANGE Illinois! Statement regarding SB 3976
As currently written, Senate Bill 3976 would improve redistricting procedures for minority voters, but its transparency provisions offer little more than window dressing.
The CHANGE Illinois! coalition believes SB 3976 should not be advanced until significant improvements are made to give the public a greater opportunity to be heard in next year’s redrawing of legislative districts. CHANGE Illinois! is an independent and non-partisan coalition of diverse interests including organizations that represent more than 2 million . . .
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April 29, 2010
CHANGE Illinois! fact sheet on minority voting rights in Fair Map and SJRCA 121 proposals
In an attempt to bolster support for SJRCA 121, the Senate Democrats' legislative redistricting proposal, some have claimed SJRCA 121 is superior to Illinois Fair Map because of its minotiry voter protections.
The realist it that both Illinois Fair Map and the Democrats' plan would fully protect minorities. Both would echo the substantive protections of the federal Voting Rights Act expressly in the Illinois Constitution, for the first time...
April 27, 2010
Sharod Gordon of the TARGET Area Development Corporation testifies to House Judiciary - Civil Law Committee
...Today, I am speaking to you on behald of CHANGE Illinois!...we favor a redistricting amendment that advance the common good, ensures voter voices are amplified, promoted diversity, expands opportunities for representation and creates a transparent and fair system for mapmaking...
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April 19, 2010
Deborah Harrington speaks at Fair Map press conference on behalf of CHANGE Illinois!
I'm pleased to be here today...
We've examined the two competing plans -- SJRCA 121 and Illinois Fair Map -- and only Fair Map meets our goal of advancing the common good, ensuring voter voices are amplified, promoting diversity, expanding opportunities for representation, and creating a transparent and fair system for mapmaking...
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April 12, 2010
Hoy McConnell Testifies to the Senate Redistricting Committee
Chairman Raoul and members of the Senate Redistricting Committee, good afternoon and thank you for this opportunity. I'm Hoy McConnell, Executive Director of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest. Today, I am speaking to you on behalf of CHANGE Illinois!, of which I am a member of the Steering Committee.
CHANGE Illinois! is an independent and non-partisan coalition of diverse interests (over 2 million strong) that came together last year to advocate for political reform. We chose initially to focus on the issue of campaign contribution limits, fully recognizing that real political reform involves more than a single issue. Now, many of us in the CHANGE coalition have agreed to turn our attention to changes in the redistricting system that match our principles and goals...
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April 12, 2010
Cindi Canary of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform Testifies at Senate Redistricting Hearing
These should be no question that Illinois needs to reform the way legislative district boundaries are drawn in Illinois, and the Senate's convening of committee hearings in recent months and the introcution of various proposed changes indicate to us that the Senate shares our belief that the current system needs major changes...
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