Our elected political leaders have chosen time and again to ignore the wants and needs of the citizens of this state – us. They have failed us and abused their power for their own self-serving and corrupt agendas. They have left us, the taxpaying citizens of this state, and our children and grandchildren with a bleak future – If we don’t take action! Illinois Citizen Uprising is a non-partisan organization that will demand real reform. The politicians of this state – our elected representatives – have rigged the game for themselves, and against us. So much so that they are virtually guaranteed of being elected, and re-elected over and over again, with 65% of them running unopposed. That’s not a democracy. That’s a rigged system. We can’t keep playing their game by their rules and just hope things will get better. We need to change the rules of the game in order to bring about real reform, and dramatically change our political system. It won’t be easy but we must succeed. Together we will take back our state!