Illinois legislators advance bill to move 2022 primary to June 28 and make curbside voting a permanent fixture of elections

Republicans asked why Democrats were moving the primary date for only 2022. In his answer, sponsoring state Rep. Maurice West, a Rockford Democrat, didn’t say anything about the congressional map, instead noting that “the state has always had a really long window between the primary and the general, which makes the political season long and risky and negatively affecting public policymaking.”