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It may not be so easy this time By Adam Roberts FOCUS ONLY on elections and you risk missing how, once in a decade, decisions are made that greatly influence who gets to hold power in America. In the year after the 2020 census it is up to states—either through their...
Fred Kessler: How to draw fair maps in Wisconsin
By Fred Kessler As a Wisconsin legislator, I was one of the people who sued the state in 2011, arguing that maps drawn by my Republican colleagues amounted to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. It was the case that prompted the Supreme Court to decide last year...
Wisconsin’s Impending Redistricting May Decide The Future Of Politics For The Next Decade
By Joy Powers Every decade states around the country redraw their district maps. This process creates different legislative and congressional districts, proportionately divided by population. But since it last happened in 2011, the redistricting process has become...
2020 election again shows lopsided Republican legislative maps
By Mitchell Schmidt Continuing a decade-long trend in Wisconsin due in part to GOP-drawn legislative maps, Democratic candidates on Tuesday secured fewer legislative seats than what their statewide vote total would suggest. A Wisconsin State Journal analysis of...
Gerrymandered districts helped GOP stay in power in state legislature, new analysis shows
Current districts drawn in 2011 have kept Wisconsin GOP in control for last ten years, UW Political Science Professor says By Sally Reed This year’s state election results show Wisconsin’s districts are gerrymandered to favor republican legislators, according to an...
There’s a fairer way to draw the next maps, at least in my state
By Frederick P. Kessler First, some background: As a Wisconsin legislator I was one of the people who sued the state in 2011, arguing that maps drawn by my Republican colleagues amounted to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. It was the case that prompted the...
Republicans solidify grip on state legislatures, which is likely to lead to redistricting and gerrymandering efforts in 2021
By José Sepulveda Republicans were able to fend off challenges from Democrats trying to flip control of state legislatures in key states. That means that in 2021, Republicans will control a majority of redistricting efforts across the country. Democrats have been...
Will We Ever Slay the Evil Gerrymander?
One state took a small step this week , but we're a long way from eliminating noncompetitive districts and partisan malfeasance. By ALAN EHRENHALT After the 1980 census, when California Democrats needed to redraw their state legislative districts, they turned to their...
‘Democracy is broken’: state races aim to undo decade of Republican map-rigging
In Texas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and elsewhere local races will influence the electoral college state of play into the 2030s By David Daley The small farming communities of Wisconsin’s 32nd state senate district, with names like Romance and Avalanche, sit nestled...
How Extreme Gerrymandering Paved the Way for Republican Vote-Counting Chaos
The lawmakers who cry “voter fraud” are the same people who cling to power because of racial gerrymandering By David Daley Election officials in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have distributed more than 4 million mail-in ballots to voters in the lead-up to the 2020...