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HJ0016LRB104 12413 MST 22695 r

1HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is often regarded as having 

3two distinct regions, the urban Cook County area and downstate 

4Illinois; and

5 WHEREAS, Even communities north of Chicago are considered 

6"downstate" because their needs, interests, economies, and 

7cultures have more in common with rural southern and central 

8Illinois counties than they do with urban Cook County; and

9 WHEREAS, The majority of residents in downstate Illinois 

10disagree with urban Cook County on key policy issues; for 

11example, 61 downstate Illinois counties, from the Wisconsin 

12state line to the Kentucky state line, have approved 

13resolutions to become sanctuary counties for gun owners, while 

14the City of Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the 

15country, and 100 of Illinois' 102 state's attorneys opposed 

16the 2021 SAFE-T Act; and

17 WHEREAS, The divide between urban Cook County and the rest 

18of Illinois is frequently manifested in electoral results, 

19such as the 2010 gubernatorial election in which the winning 

20candidate carried only four out of 102 counties and, in fact, 

21did not need to carry any other counties to win because of the 

22margin of victory in urban Cook County; and

HJ0016- 2 -LRB104 12413 MST 22695 r

1 WHEREAS, The U.S. Supreme Court ruling Reynolds v. Sims 

2(1964) removed any geographic element from districting for the 

3state senate, and as Illinois' U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen 

4warned, this caused power to be concentrated in Chicago and 

5resulted in rural areas losing their voice in State 

6government; and

7 WHEREAS, Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution 

8guarantees a republican form of government, m