The 83-year-old former Illinois Speaker of the House, Michael Madigan, is scheduled to report to prison on Oct. 13.

“His legacy of gerrymandering will continue to shape Illinois politics long after he’s behind bars,” wrote Patrick Andriesen of Illinois Policy in June. “Madigan’s Rules” for shaping political districts “empowered Democratic lawmakers to choose their voters and political opponents for decades; they’re still doing so,” he wrote. “This process of redesigning legislative maps each decade has allowed Democrat-majority lawmakers to reshape Illinois’ voting districts to best suit their needs while diluting the voting power of their Republican and independent opponents.”

Madigan was sentenced to seven and a half years behind bars for bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud, but that do

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