McCombie Calls Constitutional Amendment a Political Power Grab

House Minority Leader Tony McCombie released the following statement after a constitutional amendment was passed on partisan lines to further gerrymander Illinois' legislative districts:

"This is not reform. This is a political power grab.

"Illinois already has some of the worst gerrymandered maps in the nation, and instead of fixing that failure, HJRCA 28 doubles down, rigging the system for decades to come.

"This proposal deliberately weakens the core principles that should guide mapmaking-compactness and contiguity-by pushing them to the bottom and making them optional. That's not about protecting voters, that's about protecting power.

"Let's be clear: this has nothing to do with strengthening democracy. It's about locking in one-party control at any cost.

"We should be moving toward fair, independent maps. Illinoisans deserve a system where voters choose their representatives, not the other way around. Illinois deserves better."