silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoGov. Tony Evers signs new election maps, ending Wisconsin Republicans' grip on legislative powerwww.jsonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down17
arrow-up1539arrow-down1external-linkGov. Tony Evers signs new election maps, ending Wisconsin Republicans' grip on legislative powerwww.jsonline.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·8 months agoThe path to having this happen in Wisconsin was for a set of left-leaning judges to be elected to a majority on the state Supreme Court, and then rule that gerrymandering violated the state constitution. This forced a redraw of the maps.
The path to having this happen in Wisconsin was for a set of left-leaning judges to be elected to a majority on the state Supreme Court, and then rule that gerrymandering violated the state constitution. This forced a redraw of the maps.