Agorism
07-11-2011, 06:14 PM
Wisconsin: Republicans Move To Lock In Their Advantage
Through redistricting, before Democrats can recall any GOP state senators:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/125225179.html
Republicans unveiled a plan Friday to redraw the state’s 132 legislative seats just before a wave of recall elections this summer – a proposal that would push at least 11 pairs of lawmakers into the same districts.A quick vote would allow GOP lawmakers to approve the maps and lock down advantages for themselves at the ballot box for the next 10 years by drawing district lines in their favor. Republicans’ schedule would allow them to sign off on maps to their liking even if they lose control of the Senate in the coming weeks.…With those changes, Sen. Bob Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie), who is facing a recall election, would be drawn out of the 22nd District he has long represented. He called the changes “shameful political gerrymandering.”Democrats said two Democrats challenging Republican senators in recall elections – Rep. Fred Clark of Baraboo and former Brown County Executive Nancy Nusbaum – were drawn out of the districts they are seeking. That would mean if they won this summer’s recall elections, they could serve briefly but would then have to move or run in a different district in November 2012.
Get rid of the Democrats please
Through redistricting, before Democrats can recall any GOP state senators:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/125225179.html
Republicans unveiled a plan Friday to redraw the state’s 132 legislative seats just before a wave of recall elections this summer – a proposal that would push at least 11 pairs of lawmakers into the same districts.A quick vote would allow GOP lawmakers to approve the maps and lock down advantages for themselves at the ballot box for the next 10 years by drawing district lines in their favor. Republicans’ schedule would allow them to sign off on maps to their liking even if they lose control of the Senate in the coming weeks.…With those changes, Sen. Bob Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie), who is facing a recall election, would be drawn out of the 22nd District he has long represented. He called the changes “shameful political gerrymandering.”Democrats said two Democrats challenging Republican senators in recall elections – Rep. Fred Clark of Baraboo and former Brown County Executive Nancy Nusbaum – were drawn out of the districts they are seeking. That would mean if they won this summer’s recall elections, they could serve briefly but would then have to move or run in a different district in November 2012.
Get rid of the Democrats please