[4] Before the amendment, the Illinois General Assembly was divided into 59 legislative districts, each of which elected one senator and three representatives.
The movement to pass the bill was largely led by Democrats Pat Quinn and Harry Yourell.
[1] Since the adoption of the Cutback Amendment, there have been proposals by some major political figures in Illinois to bring back multi-member districts.
A task force led by former governor Jim Edgar and former federal judge Abner Mikva issued a report in 2001 calling for the revival of cumulative voting,[7] in part because it appears that such a system increases the representation of racial minorities in elected office.
[8] The Chicago Tribune editorialized in 1995 that the multi-member districts elected with cumulative voting produced better legislators.