Republicans vote to preserve gerrymandered maps for another year [View all]
A GOP bill extending the redistricting timeline and keeping current, gerrymandered maps in place into 2022 — including potentially for another legislative election — was passed by the state Senate Wednesday, over Democratic lawmakers’ objections.
The bill was unveiled on a Friday before a Monday, June 10 public hearing, surprising even groups that pay close attention to redistricting and push for fair maps coming out of the current census.
The last time the maps were drawn, 10 years ago, they were among the most gerrymandered maps in the country, according to redistricting experts.
It’s those maps the authors of the bill hope to keep active for several additional years, citing the fact that census data is coming in late this year.
Read more: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/06/23/republicans-vote-to-preserve-gerrymandered-maps-for-another-year/
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