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Fri Apr 15, 2022, 06:40 PM Apr 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday adopted Republican-drawn maps for the state Legislature, after initially approving maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

The court reversed itself after the U.S. Supreme Court in March said Evers’ maps were incorrectly adopted.

The decision from the state’s high court came the same day candidates could start circulating nomination papers to get on the ballot. Before the ruling, candidates didn’t know for certain if they were running in the correct district and potential signers wouldn’t know if they lived in the candidate’s district and were eligible to sign the form.

The court on March 3 adopted Evers’ legislative map, but the U.S. Supreme Court rejected it on March 23. That had left the state without new state Senate and Assembly district boundaries.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-state-legislature-legislature-wisconsin-d9714f51739a01751aba0af674442f3a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

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