Wisconsin voters join voters in Pennsylvania and Minnesota by initiating litigation in anticipation of a political impasse between the legislative and executive branches in the map-redrawing process.
A group of voters filed suit on Friday – less than one day after 2020 census numbers were released to kick off the nationwide redistricting process.
Claiming that there is “no reasonable prospect that Wisconsin’s political branches will reach consensus to enact district plans in a timely manner,” the plaintiffs are asking a federal district court to intervene to establish redrawn congressional and state legislative districts. The complaint points out that “In the last 4 decades federal judicial action has been necessary to enact new state legislative plans.”
Read Wisconsin Public Radio’s coverage here.
