The Illinois Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal to reconsider its decision striking down a ballot referendum on the way political boundaries are drawn. The court's decision means it's certain that the petition-drive effort by the Independent Maps coalition won't show up on the ballot this November.
The Rauner-backed group of business and reform leaders wants a constitutional amendment to give the map-drawing power to a special bi-partisan commission, but the court ruled that a petition drive can't be used to bring that kind of constitutional change to the voters.
