Court will select new maps by 2024.
In time for the 2024 election, the court will select fresh maps. In time for the 2024 election, the court will select fresh maps.
Court will select new maps by 2024.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 211-3 ruling announced on the afternoon of Friday, December 22, stated that the present electoral maps of Wisconsin contravene the state’s constitution. Therefore, they are required to be revised before the 2024 election. According to the Constitution of Wisconsin, the districts of the state legislature should be made up of “connected territories.” Still, the prevailing view asserts, “it is remarkable how many state legislative districts comprise areas entirely separated from the rest of the district.” Justice Jill Karofsky, in the majority opinion, states that out of ninety-nine assembly districts, at least fifty encompass separate, disconnected territories. Similarly, out of thirty-three senate districts, at least twenty also possess detached areas. The decision suggests that having adjacent districts acts as a protection against gerrymandering and aids in maintaining clusters of voters with similar interests and regions intact. This is illustrated using maps that emphasize the non-adjoining voting sections present in the state’s existing districts. The decision goes on to explain that adjacent districts act as a defence against gerrymandering, ensuring that voters residing in geo-proximate areas with shared interests are grouped together. The persons who initiated the legal case, Clarke v., were voters. The Wisconsin Elections Commission claimed that the existing districts infringe the constitution. They requested the court to mandate the implementation of corrective maps.
