Why Illinois Had to Redraw — and Why Indiana Didn’t

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, Esq.

Every time Indiana politics gets itself twisted in a knot, someone inevitably waves a hand toward Illinois and says, “Well, they do it!” as if the Land of Lincoln is the gold standard for cartographic integrity. I say this with love, as someone who actually worked in Illinois politics and lived inside one of its more creatively drawn districts…