Wisconsin Assembly Will Vote Thursday on Iowa Style Redistricting Plan

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 -- 2:00 PM

(Bob Hague, WRN) An 11th hour change is proposed to how Wisconsin’s legislative districts are drawn.

With a legal challenge to existing Republican-drawn maps pending in the state Supreme Court, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday abruptly announced that the Assembly will vote Thursday on an Iowa-style system for drawing maps.

Under the Iowa system, a nonpartisan body draws maps that are then subject to up or down votes by the Legislature. Democratic Governor Tony Evers blasted the action, noting there’s been “no public hearing or any other public consideration.”

Evers questioned whether the Republican proposal is truly nonpartisan, calling it “bogus.”    

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