On Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered new district boundaries be redrawn, overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps. Wisconsin is a swing state in the 2024 presidential election.
According to the Associated Press , the court ruled 4-3 in favor of Democrats, who argued that the maps are unconstitutional because the districts aren’t contiguous. These maps were drawn over a decade before.
New maps will likely be unveiled in around two months. Four of six past presidential elections have been decided in the state by less than 23,000 votes. Recent polls have favored Trump to win the state.“Because the current state legislative districts contain separate, detached territory and therefore violate the constitution’s contiguity requirements, we enjoin the Wisconsin Elections Commission from using the current legislative maps in future elections,” Justice Jill Karofksy wrote for the majority.Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said “I remain as optimistic as ever that, at long last, the gerrymandered maps […]
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