GOVERNOR TONY EVERS DID AS
PROMISED AND VETOED THE MAPS
REPUBLICANS PASSED IN THE LATEST
ROUND OF REDISTRICTING.
IN HIS VETO MESSAGE, HE CALLED
THE MAPS, "GERRYMANDERING 2.0."
THEY WOULD MAINTAIN BOUNDARIES
WHICH SAW REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES
FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.
THE MAPS WILL HAVE TO BE SORTED
OUT IN COURT AHEAD OF THE 2022
ELECTIONS.
WE LEARN THIS WEEK THAT THE
STATE SUPREME COURT PLANS TO
WEIGH IN ON THE DISPUTE OVER THE
MAPS.
THTHEY HAVE SET ASIDE A TENTATIE
HEARING DATE IN JANUARY.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR REBECCA KLEEFISCH IS
ASKING THE HIGH COURT TO TAKE UP
HER LAWSUIT AGAINST WISCONSIN
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.
THE SUIT ASKS THE COURT TO
DECLARE ILLEGAL THE WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS COMMISSION GUIDANCE
ALLOWING BALLOT DROP BOXES,
NURSING HOME POLL WORKERS AND
CONSOLIDATED POLLING PLACES.
THE JUSTICES LAST YEAR SAID
CHALLENGES TO VOTING PRACTICES
SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE ELECTIONS,
NOT AFTER.
THE COURT HAS NOT YET RULED