REDISTRICTING IS ON STATE AND
CONGRESSIONAL MAPS THERE IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP THAT HAS TO
HAPPEN FIRST.
VILLAGES AND CITIES HAVE TO
REDISTRICT THEIR OWN MAPS.
>> MOST OF OUR GROWTH OCCURRED
WITHIN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE.
>> THE DUNN COUNTY CLERK WAS
APPOINTED A FEW MONTHS AGO.
HE'S APPROACHING THE ONCE IN A
DECADE TASK OF REDISTRICTING
WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE.
>> I'M ENERGIZED BY THE PROCESS.
I LOVE DATA.
I LOVE MAPS.
>> THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR
LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES HAS BEEN
SHRUNK TO AROUND 90 DAYS.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT NOBODY WILL LOSE OUT BUT
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
>> AS WITH JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING, THE BLAME LIES WITH
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHICH
DELAYED THE CENSUS COLLECTION
LAST YEAR AND MEANT CENSUS DATA
CLERKS WERE EXPECTING IN
APRIL JUST CAME OUT LAST WEEK.
>> THE ONE HARD NUMBER WE HAVE
TO COMPLY WITH IS NOVEMBER 23.
>> KURT WITYNSKI IS WITH THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES WHICH
REPRESENTS CITIES, TOWNS AND
VILLAGES.
HE SAYS LOCAL REDISTRICTING
NEEDS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF
NOVEMBER SO CANDIDATES FOR THE
SPRING ELECTIONS KNOW WHICH
DISTRICT THEY'RE RUNNING IN.
A BILL WAS PASSED THAT WOULD
HAVE DELAYED REDISTRICTING FOR A
YEAR TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME, BUT
GOVERNOR EVERS VETOED THE BILL
SAYING IT WASN'T PROPER TO RUN
SPRING ELECTIONS ON OUTDATED
MAPS.
>> WE WERE UNABLE TO STAY BELOW
THE PARTISAN RADAR OR THE LENS
THROUGH WHICH EVERYONE
APPROACHES REDISTRICTING.
WHEN YOU USE THE WORD
REDISTRICTING, ALARM BELLS GO
OFF.
IN MANY CASES JUSTIFIABLY SO.
>> TEN YEARS AGO, REPUBLICANS IN
THE LEGISLATURE CREATED MAPS FOR
STATE ASSEMBLY, STAT AND
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN
SECRECY.
THEY MADE THEIR MEMBERS SIGNED
SECRECY AGREEMENTS AND PASSED
THEM.
THAT MEANT LOCAL LINES WERE
DRAWN AFTERWARDS AND HAD TO FIT
THE STATE LINES ALREADY IN
PLACE.
THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AGAIN
IF NOT FOR THE VETO.
>> THE ORDER WAS MIEW IN MY
OPI-- MIEW INMY OP
MANIPULATED IN 2010.
>> WE SEE A LOT OF
MUNICIPALITIES ESPECIALLY
THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT HAVE
VERY STRANGE ELECTORAL WARDS.
>> DUNN COUNTY IS SPLIT BETWEEN
FOUR ASSEMBLY SEATS.
IT MAKES FOR SOME WEIRD LOCAL
DISTRICTS.
HE HOPES LETTING THE LOCALS DRAW
THEIR LINES FIRST WILL CREATE A
BETTER PROCESS EVEN IF THERE'S
NOT MUCH TIME FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT IS FEEDBACK FROM
INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE WITHIN THE
MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY.
>> I THINK THERE WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE
ON THEIR TOES MOVING MUCH FASTER
THAN USUAL.
>> UNDER THE REDISTRICTING
PROCESS, COUNTIES DRAW THEIR
SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS AND THEN
LOCAL WARDS, HOPEFULLY WATCHING
UP WITH COUNTY LINES.
NORMALLY THAT TAKES FOUR MONTHS.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE OUR
60-DAY WINDOWS.
>> RANDY SCHOLZ' TEAM HAS A
DIFFERENT CONCERN.
THE COUNTY BOARD IS CONSIDERING
EXPANDING.
>> IF IT GOES TO 21, IT WILL BE
DRAMATIC CHANGES.
IF IT STAYS AT 15, NOT A WHOLE
LOT.
>> EVEN WITH THE TIGHTENED TIME
FRAME AND EXPANDED BOARD, SCHOLZ
SAYS THEY'LL BE READY.
>> PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE GOVERNOR
AND VETO.
I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AS FAR
AS CHIPPEWA COUNTY GOES, WE'RE
GOING TO GET IT DONE AND SPE