Illinois will now have to think about three resolutions passed by the Grundy County Board earlier this month, as reported by WCSJ News online. The resolutions appeared on the ballot during the Nov. 3 general election and were all passed by voters in Grundy County by a large margin.
The first resolution deals with how the state will conduct their efforts to provide fair legislative districts that are non-binding. The resolution had asked for an "independent commission" to make those recommendations. More than half of the voters agreed with the request, as reported by WCSJ News.
"63% said that they would like to have the independent commission, so it would be a separation from the way the process works today," Board Chairman Chris Balkema said in an audio recording posted online by WCSJ News. "This is Grundy County's signal then to the state asking for that."
Three resolutions have been passed by Grundy County
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64% of Grundy County voters were also in favor of allowing county authorities to help the federal government when conducting enforcement efforts pertaining to immigration.
Ann Gill, a Grundy County Board member, sided with the 36% of the voters who rejected that resolution by voting against it herself during the meeting last week. County voters also expressed a strong opinion by overwhelmingly opposing any attempt to limit the Second Amendment of the United States, or the right the keep and bear arms.
"The results were 67% favoring that resolution," Balkema said in a recording of the meeting posted in an article for WCSJ News. "So, actually the highest out of all of them."
The resolutions now heads to the state to be reviewed. At this point, it is unknown whether or not Illinois will listen to the suggestions made by Grundy County voters, and make the changes they requested, when casting their ballots in favor of the resolutions by a large majority.
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