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We aggregate any news we find relating to the issue of gerrymandering. To stay up to date, check out some of the recent articles below.
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NORTHERN WISCONSIN—april 27, 2020
In 2017, Hans Breitenmoser of Merrill was instrumental in putting this referendum question on Lincoln County Ballots: "Should the Wisconsin Legislature create a non-partisan procedure for the preparation of legislative and congressional district plans and maps?" It passed, but more notably, it started a state-wide movement.
WJFW / Non-partisan redistricting referendums pass overwhelmingly in Northern Wisconsin […]
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MADISON—april 21, 2020
There is a certain satisfaction — on the order of that joyful dance that Snoopy of Peanuts fame has gifted us — when a bully is thwarted.
One contemporary example of bullying is when an outnumbered group games the system to impose its will on the more numerous simply to maintain power. In political parlance, this is called gerrymandering.
WISCONSIN EXAMINER / The bigger story of Wisconsin’s pandemic election
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MICHIGAN—april 16, 2020
In a huge win for the opponents of partisan gerrymandering, a federal appeals court has quashed a well-funded legal challenge from the right to Michigan's new independent redistricting commission.
THE FULCRUM / Michigan redistricting commission gets appeals court's green light
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WISCONSIN—april 14, 2020
The people spoke, loud and clear, in Wisconsin’s election: They are sick and tired of elected officials rigging the maps to stay in power[…]
WISCONSIN DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN / All Referendums Pass to Ban Gerrymandering, Overturn Citizens United
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WAUSAU—march 28, 2020
We all have issues or concerns we care deeply about. For me, growing up in Marathon County, it was always educating our community’s youth, ensuring our state maintains its natural beauty, and committing to and supporting a community of engaged citizens.
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW, LTE / Wisconsinites have fallen victim to gerrymandering
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MILWAUKEE—MARCH 27, 2020
Unfortunately, Wisconsin has functioned for the past decade with legislative boundary lines that a federal judicial panel ruled were unconstitutional.
SHEPHERD EXPRESS / Vote 'Yes' in the Nonbinding Advisory
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MADISON—MARCH 27, 2020
At a special teleconference meeting on March 18, Republican members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, including its chair, Dean Knudson, argued that the commission should be doing whatever it can to make sure the election happens on April 7.
WISCONSIN EXAMINER / Supreme Decision
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MILWAUKEE—MARCH 25, 2020
Thanks to grassroots organizing all across the state, voters in many places will have an opportunity to cast a ballot on a non-binding referendum to ban gerrymandering.
URBAN MILWAUKEE / 23 Advisory Votes on Gerrymandering
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MILWAUKEE—MARCH 18, 2020
When it comes to the presidential vote, Wisconsin may be the most well-known swing state in America, widely seen as the one most likely to decide the 2020 election.
URBAN MILWAUKEE / Wisconsin Now the Reddest State?
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JANESVILLE—march 17, 2020
Jay Heck of Common Cause Wisconsin talks on the Stan Milam show to discuss the still very urgent need to end partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin.
WCLO / Listen
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LA CROSSE—march 12, 2020
Should the Wisconsin Legislature create a nonpartisan procedure for preparing legislative and congressional redistricting plans?
LA CROSSE TRIBUNE / Theresa Burns Gilbert: Monroe County voters should endorse Fair Maps
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marshfield—march 11, 2020
Wood County will be voting on a redistricting referendum during the April 7 Spring Election.
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milwaukee—march 10, 2020
We are now in the sixth year since states have had the opportunity to expand their state’s Medicaid program, BadgerCare in Wisconsin, and both the reasons and disastrous health ramifications are becoming clear.
SHEPHERD EXPRESS / Callous Political Inaction Will Make Our Health Worse
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RHINELANDER—march 10, 2020
April 7, several towns and municipalities will have non-binding referendums asking voters to decide on what are called fair maps, concerning voting districts, and another question whether only human beings and not corporations or money have constitutional rights.
WXPR / Listen
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MADISON—march 3, 2020
On Monday, former Gov. Scott Walker instigated a Twitter brawl with former Attorney General Eric Holder.
WISCONSIN EXAMINER / Scott Walker v. Eric Holder
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milwaukee—february 29, 2020
On April 7, voters across Wisconsin will see referendums, also known as ballot questions, on their ballot.
PATCH.COM / Wisconsin Voters Will See 95 Referendum Questions on April 7
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milwaukee—february 25, 2020
Partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts has been blamed for many things — polarization, voter suppression and more. A new report issued Monday by the liberal group Center for American Progress links it to another issue: stalled legislation that would expand health care coverage, primarily accepting federally subsidized Medicaid expansion offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
URBAN MILWAUKEE / Did Gerrymandering Kill Medicaid Expansion?
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MADISON—february 22, 2020
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald have long opposed any and all attempts to bring fairness and impartiality to the redistricting process of state legislative and congressional districts in Wisconsin.
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL/ Jay Heck: Send a message to Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald in the April 7th election
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MADISON—january 28, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating a nonpartisan redistricting commission that excludes lawmakers, lobbyists and party officials from participating.
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL/ Tony Evers' nonpartisan redistricting commission excludes lawmakers, lobbyists
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MADISON—january 27, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating what he calls a nonpartisan redistricting commission in Wisconsin, but it’s unclear how the commission will affect the state’s next set of legislative maps.
WPR / Listen