Gerrymandering continues to ruin our democracy

Gerrymandering continues to ruin our democracy

Students from John Hancock College Preparatory High School cast their ballots in the Illinois primary election in 2022.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times It’s heartening to see some focus lately on the scourge that first started to ruin our democracy, gerrymandering: “In Illinois politics, remaps keep the powerful in power," Feb. 2.The author highlighted gerrymandering’s effect on congressional representation, but our state representative and senate distri…