Stories tagged: "wisconsin fair elections project"
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.
The maps would still give Republicans an advantage in Wisconsin elections, but not one as large as GOP-drawn maps.
Taking redistricting control away from politicians would pave the way for Wisconsin to have fair, competitive elections for the next decade, advocates say.
Veto-proof proposal comes a day after the State Supreme Court agrees to hear redistricting case by conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty
The state’s high court denied a request that would have seen it automatically take up presumed lawsuits in this year’s redistricting process.
Elections Commission also begins updating registration records in routine maintenance that could drop thousands of inactive voters.