The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state’s legislative maps are drawn – a major shift in strateg
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state’s legislative maps are drawn – a major shift in strategy as Republicans face the possibility that the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court could throw out the current electoral maps, which give the GOP an advantage.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos introduced the redistricting plan Tuesday in a surprise move. The bill went straight to a vote Thursday without a public hearing, drawing the ire of Democrats.
The plan directs the staff of the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau to redraw maps and establishes a redistricting advisory committee composed of five members. If approved, the state Senate majority and minority leaders and the state Assembly speaker and minority leader would each appoint one person to the commission. The four political appointees would together appoint the fifth member to serve as chairperson.