Redistricting Update

This week, Assembly and Senate leadership introduced Assembly Bill 624/Senate Bill 621 and Assembly Bill 625/Senate Bill 622, the proposals for redrawing Wisconsin's state legislative and congressional districts to reflect the 2020 Census results, as required by the Wisconsin Constitution.  The maps were drawn according to the principles the Legislature approved in Senate Joint Resolution 63:

• Comply with the federal and state law;
• Give effect to the principle that every citizen's vote should count the same by creating districts with nearly equal population, having population deviations that are well below that which is required by the U.S. Constitution;
• Retain as much as possible the core of existing districts, thus maintaining existing communities of interest, and promoting the equal opportunity to vote by minimizing disenfranchisement due to staggered Senate terms;
• Contain districts that are compact;
• Contain districts that are legally contiguous;
• Respect and maintain whole communities of interest where practicable;
• Avoid municipal splits unless unavoidable or necessary to further another principle stated above, and when splitting municipalities, respect current municipal ward boundaries;
• Promote continuity of representation by avoiding incumbent pairing unless necessary to further another principle stated above; and
• Contain districts that follow natural boundaries where practicable and consistent other principles, including geographic features such as rivers and lakes, manufactured boundaries such as major highways, and political boundaries such as county lines.

You may view interactive versions of the proposed maps at the Legislature's Draw Your District website.

The 75th Assembly District currently includes portions of six counties.  Under AB 624/SB 621, the 75th District would include only three counties:  Barron, Washburn, and Polk (Turtle Lake only).  The Washburn County portion of the district would include Spooner and Springbrook, which are currently in the 73rd District.

The Assembly state affairs committee and the Senate government operations committee will hold a joint hearing on the redistricting bills on October 28.  The Legislature will probably vote on these maps in November, after which they will go to Governor Evers.

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