WISE-LR is a web application developed by the LTSB to assist local governments and counties with local redistricting in Wisconsin. The application was designed specifically to accommodate the rules and the process of local redistricting outlined in Wisconsin State Statutes. WISE-LR allows local officials, or their delegates, to create, analyze, and share county supervisory plans, municipal ward plans, and aldermanic plans with accurate demographic data. Every Wisconsin County Clerk, County Land Information Officer, and Municipal Clerk will be sent credentials and instructions on how to log-in to the WISE-LR Local Redistricting Software. If you need help using the WISE-LR application, please refer to: WISE-LR Help Documentation.

LTSB hosted the following webinars on the local redistricting software “WISE-LR” via Zoom sessions throughout 2021. All hands-on webinars cover the entire breadth of the WISE-LR software, however, they are each geared toward a specific role in the process. 

1. Stage 0 & 1 – Census Block Verification and County Supervisory Districts
• County Land Information Officers (LIO's) will begin with Stage 0 - Census Block Verification.
• When Stage 0 is complete, County Clerks will begin Stage 1 - creating tentative Supervisory District Plan(s). 
  
  
2. Stage 2 – Municipal Ward Plans
• After a Supervisory Plan is approved in Stage 1, participating Municipalities will be alerted to begin drawing their Ward Plans.
  
  
3. Stage 3 – Reconciliation of Supervisory Districts and Municipal Wards, (and possibly Aldermanic Districts - Stage A)
• For Stage 3, both the County and Municipalities will be notified that it is time to reconcile any conflicts between approved ward and supervisory plans.
• It is recommended that Aldermanic Districts (Stage A) are not created until after all plans are reconciled.