WI Supreme Court accepts Governor Evers redistricting maps

[luv2fly]

Just heard on the radio, 4-3 decision.

This is good news.

From the decision:

¶10 Regarding the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the 2011 maps enacted into law include six majority-Black assembly voting districts in the Milwaukee area. Governor Evers, along with several other parties, argues the VRA now requires a seventh majority-Black assembly district in the Milwaukee area. As a map-drawer, we understand that our duty is to determine whether there are "good reasons" to believe the VRA requires a seven district configuration. In assessing the information presented by the parties, we conclude there are good reasons to believe a seventh majority-Black district is needed to satisfy the VRA. Governor Evers' assembly map accomplishes this. For these reasons, we adopt Governor Evers' proposed remedial state senate and state assembly maps.

https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=491777

[AllyCat]

1. We need some good news because it is always the GOP (Gov't of Putin)

that gets the good news. This is great. You know darn well though that Vos will challenge this because they only want power. They don't want to do anything for people with that power except exert white male domination over all.

[luv2fly]

2. Sadly it's a win that won't change much

The Governor's maps were chosen as they made fewer changes to the existing 2010 Vos-gerrymandered maps than the GQPs maps did. The numbers all still favor R's by a lot.

But progress is progress right.

[riversedge]

3. A toe in the door is better than nothing. Now I suspose that toe might get pinched, but

hey--for now it is a bit of progress. And you are right about the fewer changes. I read a lot of the court document and those words were plastered everywhere.