Peter Hancock | Capitol News Illinois

“Guidance is guidance. Guidance is not a rule. A rule is enforceable. A statute is enforceable,” one Republican representative said.

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.

“My district did choose to follow the mandate, by a 4-3 vote. Quite honestly, this decision was one made out of fear of this organization ...” said one southern Illinois school official.

Pritzker says he won’t lift disaster proclamation yet

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.