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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has about a month left to put in place new legislative maps as part of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the current Republican-drawn maps − a process that is drawing heavy political fire.

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court. The veto came a day after five of Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress, along with the GOP-controlled Legislature, asked the newest liberal member of the state Supreme Court not to hear a lawsuit that seeks to redraw congressional district maps ahead of the November election.

The actions by Evers and legislators come as the Supreme Court and its consultants are reviewing alternatives to the state's gerrymandered districts.

Five Republican congressmen and GOP legislative leaders filed a motion with the Wisconsin Supreme Court seeking Janet Protasiewicz's recusal.