Illinois redistricting

But the three-judge federal court panel in Chicago declined to order a bipartisan redistricting commission be formed to redraw the maps.

A lack of public input marked redistricting hearings.

Missouri and Illinois are approaching redistricting differently, with Missouri delaying the bulk of the process until 2022 and Illinois creating maps before the census data was even released.

The plan adopted Tuesday night was the third draft of a redistricting plan that had been introduced in the span of 48 hours. Voting rights advocates say they didn’t have enough time to review the new maps.

The measure passed with only Democratic support before the release of full census data later this year.

The case alleges the use of survey data instead of the actual Census is unconstitutional.

Voting rights advocates had urged Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to wait for U.S. Census data.

Illinois Democrats on Friday pushed through new legislative district maps over the objections of Republicans and many community advocacy organizations who contend Democrats are not acting in good faith in their handling of the once-in-a-decade process.

St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum talks with Eric Schmid of STLPR and Hannah Meisel of NPR Illinois about how Illinois Democrats are handling an unusual redistricting cycle.

The GOP says Democrats proposed a legislative district map that consolidates their power.