State Senator Chapin Rose says the people of Illinois should be choosing the lawmakers to represent them through the maps that are drawn up, not the political party that is in power at the time. He points to a petition a half-million people signed at the last election to get legislation passed as further reason this should happen sooner rather than later. 

 

 

Should the Supreme Court should rule in their favor, he is hopeful the ruling would take effect when the next mapping process takes place in a few short years.

 

 

Senator Rose explains computers are drawing the maps and essentially guaranteeing a certain political party has dominance in an area for an entire decade.