Republican legislators in Wisconsin passed a redistricting reform plan that aims to takes the power of drawing maps out of the hands of lawmakers and gives it to nonpartisan staff.
passed a sweeping redistricting reform plan Thursday that takes the power of drawing maps out of the hands of lawmakers and gives it to nonpartisan staff.
Democrats, suspicious of Republican motives, urged opposition to the proposal, saying it’s all a ruse designed to circumvent the newly liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court from throwing out the Republican-drawn maps. Wisconsin Republican lawmakers proposed a nonpartisan redistricting plan on Sept. 12, 2023. Pictured: Wisconsin's Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media on Feb. 15, 2022.
The drama is playing out amid a continued Republican threat of impeachment against the Supreme Court justice who gave liberals majority control in August if she doesn’t step down from hearing a pair of redistricting lawsuits.Evers introduced a system in 2019 for drawing maps that very closely resembles the Republican bill passed Thursday. Under both plans, staff with the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau would be charged with drawing the maps.
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