Scott Walker and Wisconsin GOP Being Sued For Rigging Elections

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Scott Walker and Wisconsin GOP Being Sued For Rigging Elections

http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2015/07/dems-received-most-votes-gop-received-two-thirds-of-seats-scott-walker-and-wisconsin-gop-being-sued-for-rigging-elections/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

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[The] Current Plan is, by any measure, one of the worst partisan gerrymanders in modern American history. In the first election in which it was in force in 2012, the Current Plan enabled Republican candidates to win sixty of the Assembly’s ninety-nine seats even though Democratic candidates won a majority of the statewide Assembly vote. The evidence is overwhelming that the Current Plan was adopted to achieve precisely that result.

According to the complaint, this “partisan gerrymandering” violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Specifically, it “treats voters unequally, diluting their voting power based on their political belief.” At the same time, they are being denied equal protection under the law while their right of association and free speech have been severely compromised.

Among other forms of relief, the plaintiffs in this case are asking the Court to declare all State Assembly Districts resulting from the GOP’s actions unconstitutional and prevent the GAB from “administering, preparing for, and in any way permitting the nomination or election of members of the State Assembly” before districts can be redrawn. They’re also asking the Court to come up with a redistricting plan.

If recent events in Arizona and Florida are any indication, the days of Scott Walker and his GOP flunkies’ reign of error are numbered



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[PatrickforO]

1. This is genuinely good news!

[jaysunb]

2. Great news ! and it's about time. n/t