Stories tagged: "Gerrymandering"

Politics In this file photo, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) talks to media after Governor Evers delivered his 2020 State of the State address.
Politics Judge Stops GOP Lawyering Up For Gerrymandering Fight That Hasn’t Happened Yet

Elections Commission also begins updating registration records in routine maintenance that could drop thousands of inactive voters.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski April 30, 2021 12:56 pm CDT
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Politics Here’s Why Republicans Are Introducing Bills All Over the US for Things Nobody in Wisconsin Is Asking For

Legislators work on cookie-cutter proposals sent out by right wing groups because gerrymandering means they don’t need to get bill ideas from their constituents.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring April 9, 2021 6:02 am CDT
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Local Coverage A Congressional District Up North Is the Poster Child of How Gerrymandering Has Rigged Elections

People’s Maps Commission examines how communities were broken up to make the 7th Congressional District more Republican.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson January 29, 2021 11:30 am CST
Politics Gov. Tony Evers signs an executive order on Jan. 27 authorizing the creation of a nonpartisan commission to draw fair maps for the next redistricting process. (Photo by Jessica VanEgeren)
Politics Evers: Gerrymandering Allowed GOP to Abandon Wisconsin in the Depths of a Pandemic

Evers wants the next maps to return to rewarding compromise and service, rather than conflict, but a 2021 battle is expected.

Jessica VanEgeren Jessica VanEgeren December 27, 2020 6:00 am CST
Elections Proponents of non-partisan redistricting say non-politicians would draw political boundaries to be more compact and uniform as in Iowa. Wisconsin's district lines underwent significant and controversial changes after Republicans took over the process in 2011.
Elections Election Day Was Only the Start: The Fair Maps Fight Is Heating Up in Wisconsin

“The People’s Maps Commission is so people can see and courts can see how rigged the system is.”

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring November 9, 2020 10:55 am CST

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Politics Wisconsin Voters Have Been Screwed Over by Gerrymandering for Years. Will It Happen Again?

Rigged maps from 2011 lead to an Assembly and Senate out of whack with the people’s preferences nearly a decade later.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson October 16, 2020 11:54 am CDT
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Voting Plaintiff in Gerrymandering Case: ‘Vote in Order to Create a Fair System.’

Lawmakers will again reconfigure voting districts based on 2020 US Census results next year.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson September 10, 2020 12:55 pm CDT