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We aggregate any news we find relating to the issue of gerrymandering, to stay up to date, check out some of the recent articles.Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps
By JESSICA GRESKO and SCOTT BAUER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state’s Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin’s top court, making it unclear what the boundaries will be...
Surprise victory on fair maps
By Matt Rothschild The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a surprise, if partial, victory on the issue of fair maps. In a 4-3 ruling written by Justice Brian Hagedorn, the Court chose the maps drawn by Gov. Tony Evers as the maps the state will...
Wisconsin Supreme Court picks Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ maps in redistricting fight
By Patrick Marley MADISON – A divided state Supreme Court approved election maps Thursday that were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but will let Republicans keep the upper hand in races for the Legislature. Thursday's decision was 4-3, with Justice...
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican congressmen can’t submit amended map proposal
By Henry Redman The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 4-3 decision that the state’s Republican members of Congress won’t be able to submit a new version of their proposed state political maps in the case to decide the boundary lines for the next ten years...
As election year begins, court wrangling over redistricting continues
By Henry Redman With just months remaining before the 2022 election cycle begins in earnest, the court battle over Wisconsin’s new political maps continued on Tuesday as voters and Republican members of Congress attempted to sway how the state Supreme Court will draw...
Evers Unveils New Election Maps After Supreme Court Rejects His Nonpartisan Proposal
The maps would still give Republicans an advantage in Wisconsin elections, but not one as large as GOP-drawn maps. By Christina Lieffring Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday submitted revised maps after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld legislative Republicans’ standard of...
‘Wrong, immoral and anti-democratic’ — Wisconsin’s voting maps get a public hearing
Testimony overwhelmingly opposes GOP redistricting plan By Ruth Conniff The Wisconsin Legislature held an eight-and-a-half-hour public hearing on voting maps for legislative and Congressional districts on Thursday — the first such hearing in more than a decade and the...
A Republican senator from a purple district wants a hearing on a nonpartisan redistricting bill. He’s unlikely to get it.
By Patrick Marley MADISON – The chairman of a state Senate committee won’t advance nonpartisan redistricting legislation even as one of his fellow Republicans calls for a hearing on the bill. Republican Sen. Dale Kooyenga of Brookfield this...
Vos, LeMahieu Ready to Rig the Maps Again
By Matt Rothschild On Sept. 23, Speaker Robin Vos and Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu introduced a resolution that makes clear they want to rig the maps again the upcoming redistricting. In Assembly Joint Resolution 80, they spelled out their criteria for drawing...
Dems seek public hearing on Fair Maps bills
By Matt Rothschild The Democratic co-authors of the bills to ban gerrymandering in Wisconsin have requested a public hearing on them. Sen. Jeff Smith and Rep. Deb Andraca introduced their bills ( Senate Bill 389 and Assembly Bill 395) back on May 17. On August 5,...