Districting Normal, IL - District, At-Large Elections

What Prompted this Initiative?

Today, if you have a problem that the Town is ignoring, like bad roads, brown tap water, or another municipal issue which of the six at-large Trustees do you call?
Who truly represents you and your neighborhood?
Who is accountable to represent you and your neighborhood?
The problem is without a defined area to represent issues in areas are often ignored because it is every Trustee's problem, but no one's responsibility.
Currently, Trustees live in 2 concentrated areas leaving a lack of representation on the west and east sides of Normal.

What Will Districting Do?

Districting Normal, IL divides the town into six equally populated Districts. Each Trustee must live in their District and be elected by the voters in their District. If a Trustee ignores the neighborhoods in their District, then the voters can hold their Trustee accountable and elect someone different.
The Mayor will continue to be elected at-large.
Districting provides a clear and transparent path for voters to hold their elected representatives accountable.
Districting makes it easier and more affordable for people to run for office since they only need to focus their campaign on the voters in their District instead of all voters in the Town.