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With recalls pending, [WI] GOP to push through redistricting plan
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 08, 2011 02:12pm |
| Category | Rule Change |
| News Date | Jul 08, 2011 01:35pm |
| Description | Republican leaders said they will release their plan Friday to redraw districts for the Legislature, setting up possible votes on them over the next two weeks and more controversy at the Capitol.
A vote next week would allow GOP lawmakers to approve the maps before recall elections are held this summer that could shift control of the Senate from Republicans to Democrats. That would let Republicans lock down advantages at the ballot box for the next 10 years by drawing maps in their favor.
Democrats in the Legislature won't necessarily have a say in what the maps look like. But a lawsuit has already been filed, meaning a federal court could still weigh in on the process.
Once a decade, every state must draw new lines for congressional and legislative districts based on new U.S. census data, which show that Wisconsin gained more than 300,000 residents since 2000. The new lines are needed to ensure the districts are of equal population. Normally, redistricting is done months from now, after local communities have drawn their ward lines. |
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