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Chicago ward remap challenge loses appeal

From the Chicago Tribune

By Bill Ruthhart

A group challenging the remap of Chicago’s new ward boundaries lost its appeal in federal court on Wednesday.

The League of Women Voters of Chicago filed a lawsuit in April 2013 alleging the city’s new map was unconstitutional because it had been designed to protect most of the current aldermen over ensuring equal and full representation of individuals, minorities and neighborhoods.

The lawsuit also alleged that City Council committee chairmen had improperly implemented the new 2015 map before voters had a chance to elect aldermen from the new boundaries.

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