Redistricting Update

Legislative Republicans are barreling ahead with their plan to pass new redistricting maps for the legislature and Wisconsin’s Congressional Delegation prior to the recall elections this summer. The new maps will not go into effect until next year, and will not impact the recall elections. The quick passage of these maps means new local ward lines based on the 2010 census will not be considered by the legislature when passing their maps, further politicizing what is supposed to be an objective process. A joint hearing will be held by the Assembly and Senate Committees on Wednesday, July 13th at 10:00am to take testimony on the Republican maps. Both the Senate and Assembly Organization Committees met today to call an Extraordinary Session starting on Tuesday, July 19th for legislative floor action on the bills implementing the new maps.