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Today, the Democratic Party of Illinois (DPI) filed a motion to intervene in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, a Republican-led lawsuit seeking to change Illinois’ mail-in ballot receipt deadline.
On May 25, three Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), filed a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ mail-in ballot receipt deadline.
Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a ruling upholding the state’s new legislative maps after it took control of the process in October.
Early Friday morning, the Democratic-controlled Illinois state House just reached the supermajority required to approve a new congressional map, following a party-line vote in the state Senate.
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an order that will determine the future of how the state’s House and Senate districts are drawn.
On Friday afternoon, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) approved Illinois’ revised state House and Senate redistricting maps.
Today the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a federal suit on behalf of individual Latino voters registered in Illinois challenging the 2021 redistricting maps signed into law by Gov. J. B. Pritzker (D) earlier this week.
On Wednesday, Republican leadership in the Illinois Legislature filed a lawsuit challenging the 2021 redistricting maps signed into law by Gov. J. B. Pritzker (D) a few days before.
Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) filed a motion to dismiss her challenger’s frivolous U.S. House election contest on Wednesday.
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