CHICAGO (AP) — Measures that would allow Illinois voters to decide on lawmaker term limits and a new political redistricting process can’t appear on November’s ballot, a judge ruled Friday, in a decision that could be a setback for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Mary Mikva decided the measures didn’t meet constitutional requirements and ruled them invalid. Attorneys for the term limits group vowed to appeal, while the redistricting group announced they’d scrap efforts for 2014.
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