Sen. Win Stoller (R-Germantown Hills) | Photo Courtesy of Win Stoller
Sen. Win Stoller (R-Germantown Hills) | Photo Courtesy of Win Stoller
State Sen. Win Stoller (R-Peoria) holds up Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s recent signing of legislative maps as his latest betrayal of Illinois voters.
“It's not deja vu you're having,” Stoller recently posted on Facebook. “Gov. Pritzker did sign politician-drawn legislative maps. He has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice. By signing the maps today, the Governor effectively ignored the will of the people.”
Democrats redrew the maps after their first attempt raised questions about violations of the Constitution’s one-person, one-vote principle.
“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,” Stoller added.
Stoller isn’t the only one drawing attention to the pledge Pritzker made as a candidate to veto any maps drawn along partisan lines and the way Democrats created the maps now being disputed.
“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 calling on the governor to honor the veto pledge he made as a candidate 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.
“Twice in a matter of months, Illinoisans have seen their overwhelming pleas for independent and transparent mapmaking utterly ignored by those elected to represent them,” Doubek said. “Their maps make a farce of democracy and their mapmaking process was a charade.”
Meanwhile, Stoller recently opened a new office in Geneseo, which he hopes will better serve his constituents in one of Illinois’ largest geographic Senate districts.
Stoller welcomed constituents to the office's grand opening on Sept. 14.
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