Currently, if lawmakers can't agree on a new redistricting map, the job goes to a panel with equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans.
In a deadlock, Illinois is the only state that puts the names of one Republican and one Democrat in a hat and picks one. That party then wins control of the redistricting process and can draw boundaries to benefit their political party, and the result is noncompetitive districts.
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