Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader says he hopes the state Supreme Court adopts new constitutional legislative boundary maps, even as he slammed proposals from Democrats as “a political gerrymander."

Wisconsin’s powerful Republican Assembly leader said Tuesday that he hopes the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court adopts new constitutional legislative boundary maps, even as he slammed proposals from Democrats as “a political gerrymander” and threatened an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The court tossed Republican-drawn maps, long considered among the country’s most favorable to the GOP, and ordered new maps that do not favor one party over another. It said if the Legislature doesn’t adopt maps, the court will.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Republicans have approached Democrats about passing new maps in the Legislature, but “we have not gotten a warm reception to that idea.”

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
    171·
    6 months ago

    Eliminate the idea of districts altogether. Voting for county seats? All the county citizens votes are pooled together. State level? Same thing, all votes count the same no matter where you’re from in the state.

    The complexity of the splits serves only to gerrymander.

    • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      I like the German electoral system, they vote for individual candidates and then a party. The candidates get seated first, and then additional members from the party’s ticket are added to create the proportion of representation that each party received.

      No gerrymandering and no two party system, win-win!