Rep. Spreitzer Supports Gov. Evers’s Redistricting Reform
"Gerrymandering has undermined our state’s democracy for too long."
MADISON – Today, State Representative Mark Spreitzer (D – Beloit) threw his support behind Governor Tony Evers’s plan to move Wisconsin to fair, nonpartisan redistricting.
“Gerrymandering has undermined our state’s democracy for too long. It has allowed a group of legislators – supported only by a rigged map and a minority of voters – to execute a radical agenda that has hurt families, wasted taxpayer dollars, and taken our state backward. Voters rejected that agenda last November when they elected Governor Evers, but their will was thwarted by unconstitutional rigged maps that allowed this ‘minority majority’ to cling to power.”
In 2015, Rep. Spreitzer was the lead author of AB 328, which would have removed redistricting authority from politicians and assigned it to a non-partisan commission. Legislative Republicans refused to hold even a single hearing on the bill and did not allow it to come to the floor of the State Assembly for debate. Similar legislation has been re-introduced by newly elected Democratic State Representatives in each successive session.
“The people of Wisconsin have had their voices stolen from the Wisconsin State Legislature, where they are intended to guide us the most. I have fought back against this blatant partisan gerrymandering for years, and I am heartened to see Governor Evers championing our struggle for fair, nonpartisan redistricting in our state. Enough is enough – we need fair maps in Wisconsin.”
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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- Op Ed: Democrats Optimistic About New Voting Maps - Ruth Conniff - Feb 27th, 2024
- The State of Politics: Parties Seek New Candidates in New Districts - Steven Walters - Feb 26th, 2024
- Rep. Myers Issues Statement Regarding Fair Legislative Maps - State Rep. LaKeshia Myers - Feb 19th, 2024
- Statement on Legislative Maps Being Signed into Law - Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos - Feb 19th, 2024
- Pocan Reacts to Newly Signed Wisconsin Legislative Maps - U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan - Feb 19th, 2024
- Evers Signs Legislative Maps Into Law, Ending Court Fight - Rich Kremer - Feb 19th, 2024
- Senator Hesselbein Statement: After More than a Decade of Political Gerrymanders, Fair Maps are Signed into Law in Wisconsin - Dianne Hesselbein - Feb 19th, 2024
- Wisconsin Democrats on Enactment of New Legislative Maps - Democratic Party of Wisconsin - Feb 19th, 2024
- Governor Evers Signs New Legislative Maps to Replace Unconstitutional GOP Maps - A Better Wisconsin Together - Feb 19th, 2024
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