The Difference a Map Can Make
October 21
Jonah Ralston, associate professor, Politics, Government, and Law
In late 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s new liberal majority ruled that Wisconsin’s legislative maps for the State Assembly and Senate were unconstitutional because many of the districts did not consist of contiguous territory. The Court was on the verge of adopting new maps but the Republican-controlled legislature decided to accept maps proposed by the Democratic governor, which will be in place for the 2024 election. This lecture will describe what happened, review the different maps that were proposed, and explain what the adoption of new maps is likely to mean for state races in the upcoming 2024 election.
Lectures will be held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. They are open to the public and registration is not required. Lectures may be recorded and posted to our Fairhaven Lecture website and YouTube channel. Videos of lectures in this series and in past series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.
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