Matt Paprocki: How Illinois politicians suppress your vote

Описание: Roughly half of all Illinois House races were uncontested under most recent political maps. That means 4.7 million voting-age Illinoisans who lived in those districts had no choice in their state representative in an average election year, according to Illinois State Board of Elections data. Experts found there could have been 1.7 million more votes cast for state representatives if every state House race had been competitive during the most recent legislative maps – which were signed into law in 2011.

In order to encourage voter participation, Illinois needs to pass legislation that would allow for independently drawn maps and encouraging more candidates to run for office, particularly in areas that have historically faced uncontested elections. The result would be a state government that truly represents the interests of its residents.

Watch Matt Paprocki, president of the Illinois Policy Institute, talk about how Illinois politicians suppress your vote.

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