The latest on how we’re working for more ethical, efficient government in Illinois.
CHANGE IL calls for long overdue reforms to empower the Legislative Inspector General
The Legislative Inspector General’s office was created to serve as a watchdog over the legislative branch of government. It defies common sense that the Legislative Inspector General must receive approval from a group of lawmakers before launching an investigation of a lawmaker.
CHANGE Illinois Testimony to Illinois Senate South Cook County Subcommittee on Redistricting
Testimony originally given on April 5, 2021. Illinois Senate Committee on RedistrictingTo: Chair Harris and committee membersFrom: Syamala Krishnamsetty (she,her,hers), Advocacy Director at CHANGE Illinois […]
CHANGE Illinois Testimony to the Illinois House Committee on Redistricting
Testimony was originally given on April 12, 2021. CHANGE Illinois Testimony: Transparent and Accountable Redistricting Illinois House Committee on RedistrictingTo: Chair Hernandez and committee membersFrom: […]
CHANGE Illinois Testimony to the Illinois Senate Redistricting Committee
Testimony originally given on March 17, 2021. Illinois Senate Redistricting CommitteeTo: Chair Omar Aquino and committee membersFrom: Madeleine Doubek, Executive Director of CHANGE Illinois Thank […]
The state is getting help. Now it has to help itself.
This is the ideal time for government officials at every level to look at ways to streamline, economize and consolidate for struggling taxpayers.
Further proof Illinois Legislature can’t be trusted to draw new district lines
Wasn’t it the Legislature that silenced the vote of communities of color in previous remaps?
At third redistricting hearing, CHANGE IL continues pushing lawmakers to step up public engagement in a meaningful way
Lawmakers have a responsibility to make it abundantly clear to the public they can participate. Our recommendation would be for subcommittees to postpone meetings so leaders can define what data will be used and so that general guidelines and uniform rules are established to ensure members of the public have ample time to prepare to participate and to incorporate more transparency and accountability into the process.
CHANGE IL testifies that DuPage redistricting hearing continues to lack vital information needed for people to meaningfully engage in state remap
If this process is truly meant to be inclusive, then what steps were taken to ensure that the public was made aware?
CHANGE IL Board Co-Chair, Deborah Harrington, lays out principles for state lawmakers to follow for the remap
These principles represent the fundamental ideals and values we believe must be considered to inform drawing a map. I submit these essential principles as a critical guide for Illinois’ redistricting process and hope these ideals, conceived by concerned Illinois constituents serious attention and use.
At first state remap hearing, CHANGE IL demands better transparency and accountability from lawmakers
llinois’ districts belong to the people and they have made clear they expect an independent and transparent process that values the principle of one person, one vote. We urge you to meet their clear expectations.
Creation of a Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission will put people first in ward remap
We’re inviting Chicagoans to rise up and join in this effort to reshape the city in this critical redistricting year.
We’re about to find out what these pols mean by ‘fair maps’
Population counts and political mapping are not arcane, bureaucratic, eye-glazing exercises. They’re crucial—and in desperate need of reform.