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SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
15. Wisc doomed to gerrymandering... AGAIN!
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 10:49 AM
Nov 2020

In 2011, the GOP state legislature created the most gerrymandered political maps in the US. They also won in court, in which SCOTUS punted the ruling back to the conservative controlled State Supreme Court which upheld the maps. The Dems would need 70% of the votes in every district to regain any seats. Gaming the system is exactly what the GOP did and this can only end with a statewide BINDING referendum to change the state's constitution and create a citizen run election map creation board.

The GOP STILL CONTROLS both state houses, and they will again, draw the election maps.
The only way to end gerrymandering, in Wisconsin, is to create a binding constitutional amendment, via referendum, which must be passed in three months in the Spring elections (Feb 16 and April 6, 2021).

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