On June 13, Illinois election officials said the initiative for an independent redistricting commission has enough valid signatures. It needed 290,216. A state court in Chicago will hear a challenge to the substance of the initiative on June 30. The Illinois Constitution does not permit statewide initiatives except on subjects that pertain to the legislature. Opponents of the initiative will try to persuade the court that this initiative does not qualify. See this Chicago Sun-Times editorial.
ALL 50 States have EVIL minority rule gerrymander systems —
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 packed/cracked gerrymander districts = 1/4 or less control.
ANY gerrymander commission is USELESS.
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Actually, Illinois has a history (within living memory, even) of multi-member legislative districts with a form of cumulative voting. People who recall this might be willing to listen to other ideas than first-past-the-post single-member districts.