Wisconsin Redistricting Profile
| 1. Constitutional Citations | |
| a.) Congressional Redistricting: | None |
| b.) Legislative Redistricting | Article IV, §§ 2-5 |
| 2. Statutory Citations | |
| a.) Description of Current Congressional Districts: | Wis. Stat. ch. 3 |
| b.) Description of Current Legislative Districts: | Wis. Stat. ch. 4 |
| c.) Other Statutes Governing
Congressional or Legislative Redistricting Procedure: |
none |
| 3. Congressional Districts | |
| a.) Present Number: | 8 |
| b.) Prospective Number after 2010 Census: | 8 |
| 4. State Legislative Districts | |
| a.) Senate | |
| Number of Districts: | 33 |
| Number of Multimember Districts: | 0 |
| Largest Number of Seats in a District: | 1 |
| b.) House | |
| Number of Districts | 99 |
| Number of Multimember Districts: | 0 |
| Largest Number of Seats in a District: | 1 |
| c.) House Districts Nested within Senate Districts? | Yes |
| 5. Redistricting Requirements | |
| a.) Initial responsibility for
Drawing Congressional Districts: |
Legislature |
| b.) Initial responsibility for
Drawing Legislative Districts |
Legislature |
| c.) Legislative Committee Responsible for Redistricting | Not yet established. |
| d.) Use Apportionment Board or Commission? | No |
| e.) Gubernatorial Veto Power over Congressional Plan? | Yes |
| f.) Gubernatorial Veto Power over Legislative Plan? | Yes |
| 6. Redistricting Deadlines | |
| a.) Congressional Deadline: | none |
| Basis for Deadline: | N/A |
| Effect of Failure to Meet Deadline: | N/A |
| b.) Legislative Deadline: | First legislative session following the decennial census. |
| Basis for Deadline: | Constitution |
| Effect of Failure to Meet Deadline: | Constitution is silent |
| 7. Voting Rights Act Information for the 1990s | |
| Preclearance Required? | No |
| Justice Department Objection to Plans? | N/A |
| 8. State Contact: | |
| Stephen R. Miller, Chief Legislative Reference Bureau P.O. Box 2037 Madison, WI 53701-2037 608/267-2175 608/264-8522 FAX |
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| Steve.Miller@legis.wi.gov | |