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23 Advisory Votes on Gerrymandering

9 counties, 14 municipalities in state will have referendums in spring election.

By Matt Rothschild - Mar 25th, 2020 11:41 am

How to Steal an election. Image by Steven Nass (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

How to Steal an election. Image by Steven Nass (Own work) (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Thanks to grassroots organizing all across the state, voters in many places will have an opportunity to cast a ballot on a non-binding referendum to ban gerrymandering.

Voters in the following nine counties will see a referendum on nonpartisan, independent redistricting on their ballot:

Marquette County

Milwaukee County

Monroe County

Pierce County

Portage County

Rock County

St. Croix County

Trempealeau County

Wood County

Voters in the following seven communities in Vilas County also will see this referendum question on their ballots:

Eagle River

Presque Isle

Arbor Vitae

Boulder Junction

Lac du Flambeau

Phelps

Plum Lake

And voters in the following seven communities in Oneida County will also have the referendum:

Hazelhurst

Pine Lake

Woodruff

Lake Tomahawk

Rhinelander

Pelican

Crescent

More about the 2020 Spring Primary

Why Don Natzke Couldn’t Vote - Enjoyiana Nururdin - Aug 9th, 2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlights public health measures taken by the Milwaukee Health and Fire Departments, Department of Administration, Election Commission, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Aug 4th, 2020
CDC Says Election Did Not Cause COVID-19 Spike - Erik Gunn - Aug 4th, 2020
Pandemic Reduced Black Vote, Study Finds - Dee J. Hall - Jun 25th, 2020
Did April Election Hike COVID-19 Cases? - Alana Watson - May 20th, 2020
Elections Commission Notes ‘Lessons Learned’ - Henry Redman - May 19th, 2020
Wisconsin Elections News: WEC Releases Analysis of Absentee Voting in April 7 Spring Election - Wisconsin Elections Commission - May 18th, 2020
Election’s Impact on County’s COVID-19 Cases Unclear - Jeramey Jannene - May 6th, 2020
Why State’s Voting By Mail Was Chaotic - Daniel C. Vock - May 4th, 2020
At Least 40 COVID-19 Cases Tied to Election in Milwaukee - Graham Kilmer - Apr 24th, 2020

Read more about 2020 Spring Primary here

More about the Gerrymandering of Legislative Districts

DOJ Joins Coalition Urging Supreme Court Not to Weaken Voting Rights Act Protections in Alabama Redistricting Case - Wisconsin Department of Justice - Jul 25th, 2022
The State of Politics: How Republicans Won Redistricting Fight - Steven Walters - Apr 25th, 2022
Redistricting Update - Wisconsin Elections Commission - Apr 18th, 2022
Gov. Evers Releases Statement Reacting to Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision Regarding Redistricting - Gov. Tony Evers - Apr 15th, 2022
Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District Might Be Competitive Again - Shawn Johnson - Apr 15th, 2022
Data Wonk: State’s Gerrymander Could Last Forever - Bruce Thompson - Mar 30th, 2022
Op Ed: US Supreme Court Throws State Election Into Chaos - Ruth Conniff - Mar 27th, 2022
Redistricting Case Returns to State Supreme Court - Shawn Johnson - Mar 25th, 2022
Gov. Evers Releases Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Regarding Redistricting - Gov. Tony Evers - Mar 23rd, 2022
US Supreme Court Rejects State’s Legislative Maps - Shawn Johnson - Mar 23rd, 2022

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