The U.S. Supreme Court tossed Wisconsin's new legislative maps drawn by Gov. Tony Evers, meaning who will represent voters is a mystery.
– saying it would lead to the least change. It also created one more African American majority district in the Wisconsin Assembly – a seventh overall.State Sen. Lena Taylor argued that the move would actually water down the Black vote.
"A little less than two months ago, Justice Cavanaugh said that making changes to local election machinery would cause chaos and confusion in Alabama. That’s exactly what’s happening here in Wisconsin," Chheda said. "Unfortunately, it seems that they want to achieve their partisan ends, so I really think this is an example of judicial activism at the U.S. Supreme Court."The U.S. Supreme Court sends the case back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court with the clock ticking.
"If we have to go back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court—who have already called our maps ‘superior to every other proposal’—to demonstrate again that these maps are better and fairer than the maps we have now, then that’s exactly what we’ll do. I will not stop fighting for better, fairer maps for the people of this state who shouldn’t have to wait any longer than they already have to ensure their voices are heard.
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