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Compared to 4 other maps of Wisconsins legislative districts, the current one nullifies the most votes.

Portage County is in the center of Wisconsin and is also at the center of the states battle over redistricting. Depending on which map is ultimately put in place, it ...

Governing Wisconsin’s future for at least a decade to come, the current map cycle is likely to end up in the courts amid divided state leadership.

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign calls the maps gerrymandered and heavily skewed in favor of Republicans.

A local state senator likely won

MADISON, Wis. -- As newly-elected Democratic state senator and longtime former Kind aide Brad Pfaff announced his run Monday for Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, the race is taking shape as one of the biggest political battles to help decide House control in 2022.

Mathematicians, social scientists, lawyers and programmers have led the development of a new generation of free tools to make and evaluate redistricting maps. Can they make the process more transparent?

and last updated 2021-06-16 19:40:45-04 GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — If youve never heard of the terms redistricting or gerrymandering, youre not alone. "Most folks dont really understand redistricting, how it happens, or when it happens and most times theyve just trusted that it happened in a way that benefited them," said Carlene Bechen, the organizing director of the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition. Redistricting happens once every ten years when states re-draw their congressional districts aft...

Legislators, advocates and a mathematician push for nonpartisan voting districts.

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. May 11, 2021.