2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: Wisconsin

[Dan the Roman]

https://twitter.com/RedistrictNet/status/1763678946242031846?t=ztJkl-QXl9n-Mfvlh...

However,  the congressional case I'd closed for now. As some here suspected,  it likely came too late.

Oh well, it will change for 2026 almost certainly.

I’m not sure, the fact they are Evers’ maps makes it tricky.

Yes you have to figure out what is wrong with them. The WI SC majority has ruled that in the event there are no legal maps, partisan fairness is a major consideration, but are maps illegal solely because they are not balanced on a partisan basis.

You can't even argue they were drawn with partisan intent as they were Evers'

[Dan the Roman]

I think this was a Purcell principle case though. The court interfering too late could have been a problem.

There is nothing wrong with the map.

The problem is the process. Which means you need to give the WISC a vehicle to overturn the previous courts ruling that in the absence of a legal map they should go with least change.

They didn't do that with the legislative maps. They ruled they were illegal due to continguity.

So the WISC probably needs some local government challenge as a vehicle to overturn the procedural precedent then have someone challenge the existance of any congressional map on the basis the process was illegal.

Otherwise you have Evers and the State AG having to explain why they are now contradicting all the arguments in favor of the map Evers drew.

This a sequencing issue, and if the Court wasn't going to redraw for 2024 anyway they can take some time to save people from squirming or risking perjury