Stories tagged: "Fair Maps"
Wisconsin Supreme Court chooses GOP maps that eliminate one Black-majority Assembly district after the US Supreme Court ruled Gov. Evers’ maps aren’t “race-neutral” because they added a district.
Republicans called it racial gerrymandering. State attorney general says it’s “back to the drawing board,” with less than a month until candidates for Legislature can start to file.
The maps would still give Republicans an advantage in Wisconsin elections, but not one as large as GOP-drawn maps.
Republican lawmakers proposed electoral maps that will maintain their gerrymandered majority established in 2011.
The resolution declares it “the public policy of the state” that electoral maps change as little as possible.
Taking redistricting control away from politicians would pave the way for Wisconsin to have fair, competitive elections for the next decade, advocates say.
Group files lawsuit seeking to ensure Wisconsin’s gerrymandered maps of the past decade aren’t used as the base for new lines.