Remap backers drop efforts for November ballot

Published June 27, 2014 9:21pm ET



CHICAGO (AP) — A group hoping to change the way Illinois draws its political boundaries is dropping its efforts after a Cook County judge ruled the provision invalid for the November ballot.

Deborah Harrington is head of Yes for Independent Maps. In a Friday statement she says the group won’t appeal the judge’s ruling and is withdrawing its petitions. She says the group will examine the judge’s ruling for future campaigns.

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