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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.RELEASE: NON-DENIAL MEANS WISCONSIN SHOULD BE WORRIED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2019Contact: Mary McCarthy815-236-2845 NON-DENIAL MEANS WISCONSIN SHOULD BE WORRIEDSpeaker and Majority Leader careful not to actually deny their desire to rig 2021 map-drawing MILWAUKEE—After a news report yesterday morning in the...
Wisconsin Democrats promote new redistricting plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday worked to generate momentum for a bill calling for civil servants to draw legislative district boundaries, insisting it’s the right time to pass the measure after the U.S. Supreme Court killed a lawsuit challenging...
Gerrymandering opponents vow to pressure lawmakers as leaders signal legislation is dead
MADISON - Opponents of gerrymandering vowed to put nonpartisan redistricting on the front burner. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/16/gerrymandering-opponents-vow-pressure-wisconsin-lawmakers/1744393001/
Fair Maps groups push reform after high court’s gerrymandering decision
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided federal courts can’t stop partisan gerrymandering, Wisconsin advocates for a nonpartisan approach to drawing legislative districts are stepping up their campaign for legislation to change the system....
US Supreme Court Ruling Effectively Ends Wisconsin Gerrymandering Challenge – NPR
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 27, 2019, to reject cases related to partisan gerrymandering, effectively ending a Wisconsin case aimed at legislative maps drawn by GOP lawmakers in 2011. Listen to a short 45-second clip featuring Fair Elections Project...
Statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision on Partisan Gerrymandering
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2019Contact: Mary McCarthy815-236-2845 Statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision on Partisan Gerrymandering MILWAUKEE - “We are disappointed the Supreme Court ignored the overwhelming evidence in the Rucho case, which proved...
RELEASE: Fair maps referenda pass overwhelmingly in election
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, November 8, 2018 Contacts: -Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, 414-322-5324 -Sachin Chheda, Director, Fair Elections Project, 414-412-6099 -Erin Grunze, Executive Director, League of Women Voters, 608-256-0827 ...
RELEASE: State assembly make-up misrepresents voters’ preferences
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 08, 2018 Contacts: Lisa Lucas, WI Voices Communications Director, 202-422-0752, lisa@wisconsinvoices.org Sachin Chheda, Fair Elections Project, 414-412-6099 STATE ASSEMBLY MAKE-UP MISREPRESENTS VOTERS’PREFERENCES Wisconsin’s Skewed...
Rally for Fair Maps
Rally for Fair Maps - WKOW, June 19, 2018
US Supreme Court: No definitive ruling on voting district maps; at least for now
US Supreme Court: No definitive ruling on voting district maps; at least for now - Fox 6, June 18, 2018