Redistricting Resources

Use the links below to learn more about redistricting in Wisconsin and nationwide. (Updated: 10/18/23)

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Wisconsin State Government

Legislative Reference Bureau's Wisconsin Elections Project
- Redistricting in Wisconsin 2020: The LRB Guidebook (2020)
- Gill v. Whitford: Wisconsin’s partisan gerrymandering case

Legislative Technology Services Bureau
- 2 022 MAPS: CONGRESSIONAL (SCOWI ruling 3/3/22) and LEGISLATIVE (SCOWI ruling 4/15/22) [Mark the boxes to the left as to which maps you want to use and then enter your address in the top right corner search field to find your districts. "2022" maps are in use for fall partisan elections and thus not "current" until new legislative session in 2023.]
- Wisconsin Legislative Map Library -- Statewide and individual district maps of all Wisconsin Senate, Assembly, and Congressional Districts publicly available to view and free to download in PDF format.
- 2020 Census Open Data Portal/Library
- Wisconsin's Local Redistricting Information Page (started August 16, 2021)

People's Maps Commission (Gov. Ever's Executive Order 66)
- Go here to learn more about the PMC on our Toolkit to Ban Gerrymandering in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Legislature's Draw Your District Public Comment Portal -- The Legislature's public input portal closed Oct. 15, 2021. Go here to learn more about the Legislature's portal on our Toolkit to Ban Gerrymandering in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Local Government

Wisconsin Counties Association timeline (July 19, 2021)

Toolkit to Ban Gerrymandering in Wisconsin. For information about and current lists of county board resolutions and local advisory referenda passed in Support of Nonpartisan Legislative and Congressional Redistricting. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Also visit the statewide coalition that worked so diligently on these local campaigns -- Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition.

We, The Irrelevant--open records requests for citizen contacts related to nonpartisan redistricting received by the Wisconsin State Legislature (1/18 - 6/1/21)

Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition

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Reporting and Analysis

2023 (newest first)

To read more and past articles related to redistricting and partisan gerrymandering, check out this spreadsheet: https://bit.ly/FMC_InTheNews

2022

Michael Boyle, New political redistricting procedure may prevent gerrymandering by forcing parties to act fairly, Phys.org, December 17, 2022
Peter Stone, Conservative donors pour ‘dark money’ into case that could upend US voting law, The Guardian, December 16, 2022
Ari Berman, How Democracy Nearly Died in Wisconsin, Mother Jones, January/February 2023
Michael Wines, The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn't. The New York Times, Dec. 11, 2022
Matthew DeFour, 'This is not normal': Wisconsin’s Assembly maps are more skewed than ever, Wisconsin Watch, Dec 11, 2022
Matthew DeFour, Wisconsin’s Assembly maps are more skewed than ever. What happens now? Wisconsin Watch, December 6, 2022
Ari Berman, How Right-Wing Groups Set the Stage for the Supreme Court to Rig Future Elections, Mother Jones, December 5, 2022
Corrinne Hess, Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates weigh in on redistricting in first joint election appearance Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec. 5, 2022
Nathaniel Rakich, Elena Mejia, Did Redistricting Cost Democrats The House? FiveThirtyEight, December 1, 2022
Sam Wang, Republicans’ Supreme Court argument on redistricting could backfire, OpinionThe Washington Post, December 1, 2022
Daverhagen, Hanging By a Thread in Wisconsin, Daily Kos community member, November 28, 2022
Reid Wilson, Minority districts drop after redistricting, despite population growth, Pluribus News, November 27, 2022
New York Post Editorial, Why the Census should count prisoners as residents of their home communities, November 26, 2022
Jessica Piper and Ally Mutnick, How redistricting shaped the midterms, Politico, November 25, 2022
Jeremy Mayer, Patrick M. Condray, Partisan redistricting gave Republicans control of the House. Will a conservative Supreme Court take that advantage back? The Hill Opinion, Nov 25, 2022
Peter Cameron, The 2022 election is over. Wisconsin turns to redistricting (again), The Badger Project, Nov 25, 2022
Hayes Brown, How gerrymandering really affected the midterms, explained, Opinion MSNBC , November 23, 2022
Laura Benshoff, How GOP state supreme court wins could change state policies and who runs Congress, NPR, November 22, 2022
David A. Lieb, Flip of Michigan Legislature highlights role of fair maps, Associated Press, Nov 22, 2022
Janine Geske (Op-Ed), U.S. Supreme Court must reject latest power grab to manipulate election results, Wis State Journal, Nov 18, 2022
Sam Wang, Did Republicans Gerrymander Their Way to Victory? The Atlantic, November 17, 2022
Mehdi Hasan, GOP Redistricting is Undermining Democracy in State Legislatures, MSNBC, November 17, 2022
Jessica Levinson, How the Supreme Court may have helped Republicans take the House, MSNBC, November 17, 2022
Peter Weber, 4 outside decisions that gave Republicans control of the House, Yahoo, November 15, 2022
Philip Bump, Once again, the fight over the House came down to the suburbs, The Washington Post, November 14, 2022
Aaron Blake, Why the GOP’s popular-vote edge hasn’t translated to more House seats, updated Nov. 15/published Nov. 14, 2022
Ayman Mohyeldin, Democrats defy midterm expectations, make historic gains in state legislatures, MSNBC, Nov. 13, 2022
Erin Gretzinger, Can Wisconsin redraw its legislative and congressional maps before the next census? Wisconsin Watch, November 12, 2022
Charles P. Pierce, No One Can Pretend that Wisconsin Is a Republic, Esquire, November 10, 2022
Jackson Danbeck, Does Tony Evers' 2022 midterm win expose Republican gerrymandering in Wisconsin? WTMJ, Nov 10, 2022
Mark Joseph Stern, How the Supreme Court Likely Handed Control of the House to Republicans, Slate, November 9, 2022
Jessica Piper, Gerrymandering, hubris and court fights: How redistricting shaped the battle for the House, Politico, November 6, 2022
Theodoric Meyer, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Will Democrats’ redistricting gambles pay off or be one more nail in the coffin?, The Washington Post, November 3, 2022
David Ford, Supreme Court gerrymandering case considered one of the "most important" cases in 100 years, 88.5 WFDD North Carolina Public Radio, Nov. 1, 2022
Jay Heck/Common Cause Wis., Here are the 59 Candidates running for the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly who support ending partisan gerrymandering and redistricting reform, Nov 1, 2022
Alexis Benveniste, What Is Prison Gerrymandering and How Does It Impact US Politics? Teen Vogue, October 31, 2022
David Montgomery, How to Save America From Extremism by Changing the Way We Vote. The Washington Post, October 31, 2022
Ari Berman, Democracy Is Hanging By a Thread in Wisconsin. Blame Extreme Voting Maps. Mother Jones, October 29, 2022
ABC News, What redistricting looks like in every state, ABC News, October 27, 2022
Belen Fernandez, These Supreme Court cases could kill what remains of US democracy, Al Jazeera, October 22, 2022
Pauly Denetclaw, Redistricting Has Reduced the Power of Native Voters, Truthout, October 23, 2022
The Run-Up Team, Is Wisconsin the Future of America? The New York Times, October 20, 2022
Hansi Lo Wang, Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed, NPR, October 18, 2022
Derek Muller, The other batch of cases Moore v. Harper may not adequately address, Election Law Blog, October 17, 2022
Amy Howe, Conservative justices seem poised to uphold Alabama’s redistricting plan in Voting Rights Act challenge, SCOTUSblog, October 4, 2022
Sharon Johnson, Redistricting dilutes Black voters' representation, USA Today, October 3, 2022
David Leonhardt, Gerrymandering, the Full Story, The New York Times, September 30, 2022
Zach Montellaro, Supreme Court to hear 2 cases with major implications for 2024, Politico, September 29, 2022
Christopher Warshaw, Eric McGhee, Michal Migurski, Redistricting commissions draw fairer districts than politicians do, The Washington Post, September 27, 2022
Blake Hounsell, Scholars Ask Congress to Scrap Winner-Take-All Political System, The New York Times, September 19, 2022
Derek Muller, Is there a political question issue lurking in Moore v. Harper? Election Law Blog, September 26, 2022
Marion Campisi, Tommy Ratliff, Stephanie Somersille, Ellen Veomett, Newly gerrymandered districts might hurt Democrats less than you think, The Washington Post, September 22, 2022
Econ Extra Credit Team, Gerrymandering is about economics too, Marketplace, September 22, 2022
Christopher Warshaw, Eric McGhee, and Michal Migurski, Redistricting commissions draw fairer districts than politicians do, The Washington Post, Sept 27, 2022
Chris Lehmann, News Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office, The Nation, September 15, 2022
Alexandra Hutzler, What's at stake in Supreme Court battle over controversial legal theory about who controls elections, ABC News, September 14, 2022
Nathan L. Gonzales, There are just as many competitive House races this year as usual, Roll Call, Aug. 12, 2022
David Daley, America’s crisis of democracy has already arrived, Boston Globe, Aug. 11, 2022
Charles P. Pierce, Gerrymandering Is the Real Rot in Democracy's Foundation, Esquire, Aug. 11, 2022
Michael Li and Chris Leaverton, Gerrymandering Competitive Districts to Near Extinction, Brennan Center for Justice, Aug. 11, 2022
Andrew Solender, House incumbents face historic primary peril, Axios, Aug. 10, 2022
Michael Wines, Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders. They’re Being Used Anyway, The New York Times, Aug. 8, 2022
Michael Li and Chris Leaverton, After Redistricting, Here’s How Each Party Could Win the House, Brennan Center for Justice, August 3, 2022
Sheldon H. Jacobson, Ph.D., opinion contributor, To preserve women’s reproductive rights, end gerrymandering, The Hill, August 2, 2022
Michael Zabrodsky, Speaker Says New Generations Need To Redefine US, The Post-Journal, July 30, 2022
Simon Montlake, News Out of bounds? Why Ohio’s redistricting fight matters. Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2022
Vicky Hausman and David Cohen, How Democrats Can Kneecap the Supreme Court's Next Attack on Democracy, Newsweek, July 27, 2022
Dan Kaufman, Will Wisconsin’s Republicans Make Voting Meaningless, or Just Difficult? The New Yorker, July 25, 2022
John Blake, An 'imposter Christianity' is threatening American democracy, CNN, July 24, 2022
Adam Server, Is Democracy Constitutional? The Atlantic, July 23, 2022
Tara Bahrampour, New evidence disputes Trump’s citizenship question rationale for census, The Washington Post, July 20, 2022
Christine Adams, The new Supreme Court case that imperils American democracy, The Washington Post, July 8, 2022
Gerrard Kaonga, Republicans Are Trying to Repeal the 20th Century, Reagan Lawyer Warns, Newsweek, July 7, 2022
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Nathaniel Rakich, How The Supreme Court Could Turbocharge Gerrymandering — Just In Time for 2024, FiveThirtyEight, July 7, 2022
Lawrence Douglas, The US supreme court is turning the constitution into a suicide pact, The Guardian, July 6, 2022
James Piltch, North Carolina Is a Warning, The Atlantic, July 3, 2022
Darragh Roche, Supreme Court's Potential Changes to Elections Spark Panic: 'Judicial Coup', Newsweek, July 1, 2022
Zach Montellaro and Josh Gerstein, Supreme Court to hear case on GOP ‘independent legislature’ theory that could radically reshape elections, POLITICO, June 30, 2022
Adrian Blanco, Kevin Schaul and Ashlyn Still, How redistricting is shaping the 2022 U.S. House map, Washington Post, updated June 29, 2022 (originally Dec. 16, 2021)
Michael Hiltzik, Column: America is in the grip of a right-wing minority, The Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2022
Jessica Glenza, How Americans lost their right to abortions: a victory for conservatives, 50 years in the making, The Guardian, June 24, 2022
Sue Halpern, America’s Redistricting Process Is Breaking Democracy, The New Yorker, May 25, 2022
Todd Richmond, Wisconsin legislators call it quits at near-record pace, Associated Press, May 2, 2022
Craig Gilbert, How Wisconsin's redistricting guarantees a lopsided Republican legislature in a 50/50 state, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 28, 2022
Frederica Freyberg, Clerks face time crunch after redistricting decision, PBS Wisconsin/Here & Now, April 22, 2022
Wisconsin State Journal editorial board, Courts fail the public in push for fair maps, April 22, 2022
Henry Redman, New maps unlikely to give Republicans veto-proof majority and open to voting rights challenges, Wisconsin Examiner, April 22, 2022
David Daley, Gerrymandering on steroids is the new normal, CNN opinion, April 22, 2022
Renee Klaher and Steven Shepard, Inside the Forecast: Who’s winning the redistricting fight? POLITICO, Apr 21, 2022
Shawn Johnson, Redistricting expert: There are few competitive districts in new Wisconsin Assembly map, WPR, April 20, 2022
Frances Nguyen, Courts are still a key battleground in the fight against gerrymandering, Prism, April 20, 2022
Zach Schultz, Hagedorn says time ran out for Wisconsin's redistricting process, PBS Wisconsin, April 18, 2022
Pat Kreitlow, Given Veto Override Assistance by Two Supreme Courts, Wisconsin Will Have Republican-Drawn Maps for Another Decade, UpNorthNews, April 15, 2022
Patrick Marley, Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts state legislative maps drawn by Republicans, Milw Journal Sentinel, April 15, 2002
Colby Itkowitz and David Weigel, News Republican redistricting advocates are heading to the US Supreme Court to overturn state decisions, The Washington Post, April 15, 2022
Joseph Ax and Jarrett Renshaw, Stung by redistricting rulings, Republicans target state court elections, Reuters, April 11, 2022
Mitchell Schmidt, Despite minimal changes, Wisconsin's new congressional maps create second competitive seat, Wisconsin State Journal, April 11, 2022
David Lieb, Why some states still lack new voting districts, Associated Press, April 5, 2022
NPR Morning Edition with Michael Li, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, How will new partisan redistricting maps affect this year's midterm elections? April 5, 2022
Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein, As Both Parties Gerrymander Furiously, State Courts Block the Way, New York Times, April 4, 2022
Freyberg, Frederica, Wisconsin redistricting and the Voting Rights Act, Here & Now Wisconsin Public Television, April 1, 2022
Gabriel R. Sanchez, Why census undercounts are problematic for political representation, Brookings Institute, March 28, 2022
A.J. Bayatpour, Redistricting sent back to SCOWIS, WKOW, March 27, 2022
Patrick Marley, Wisconsin Supreme Court has several options as it considers its next steps in the redistricting case, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 24, 2022
Larry Sandler, GOP Appeal in Wisconsin Redistricting Case Could Have Far-reaching Impact—If U.S. Supreme Court Takes It Up, Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog, March 21, 2022
Henry Redman, Redistricting court fights lead to missed deadline, Wisconsin Examiner, March 18, 2022
David Daley, Good news from state judges on gerrymandering, CNN Opinion, March 14, 2022
Tara Bahrampour, 2020 Census missed 18.8 million people, bureau estimates, Washington Post, Mar. 10, 2022
Tim Henderson, Redistricting Delays Scramble State Elections, PEW Stateline, Mar. 10, 2022
Henry Redman, Justice Amy Coney Barrett requests responses in Wisconsin redistricting case, Wisconsin Examiner, Mar. 9, 2022
Mitchell Schmidt, Split Wisconsin Supreme Court Adopts Governor Evers' 'Least Change' Redistricting Proposal, Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 4, 2022
Daphne Chen and Yuriko Schumacher, Interactive maps: See how Wisconsin redistricting changes your voting map, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 24, 2022
Russell Berman, Republicans Discover the Horror of Gerrymandering, The Atlantic, February 15, 2022
David Meyers, A new poll maps opposition to gerrymandering, The Fulcrum, Feb. 11, 2022
Larry Sandler, Republicans could get last word on redistricting--as Democrats did in 1983, Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog, Feb. 10, 2022
Editorial: Nonpartisan redistricting still needed in Wisconsin, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 10, 2022
Amber Phillips, What the Supreme Court decision in Alabama means for racial gerrymandering, Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2022
Reid Wilson, Courts give Democrats unexpected boost on redistricting, The Hill, Feb. 7, 2022
Mark Joseph Stern, SCOTUS Just Blew Up the Voting Rights Act’s Ban on Racial Gerrymandering, Slate, Feb. 7, 2022
Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti, ‘Taking the Voters Out of the Equation’: How the Parties Are Killing Competition, The New York Times, Feb. 6, 2022
Michael Wines, North Carolina Court Says G.O.P. Political Maps Violate State Constitution, The New York Times, February 4, 2022
Christian Schneider, Don’t Like Gerrymandering? Be Wary of the Alternatives, The Dispatch, Feb. 3, 2022
Washington Post Editorial Board, This is gerrymandering at its worst. It Doesn't have to be this way. (interactive graphics) Feb. 1, 2022
Michael Harriot, Republicans’ redistricting maps are motivated entirely by race – not politics, The Guardian, January 31, 2022
Charles Taylor, All States Need Expanded Medicaid Access. Gerrymandering Prevents It, Truthout, January 30, 2022
Wisconsin State Journal Editorial Board, Iowa Republicans adopt fair maps, proving Robin Vos wrong, January 30, 2022
Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with GOP lawmakers, rules lawmakers can hire private attorneys before a lawsuit is filed Case stems from an early lawsuit involving redistricting, Wisconsin Public Radio, Jan. 27, 2022
Colby Itkowitz and Harry Stevens, Black and Latino voters have been shortchanged in redistricting, advocates and some judges say, The Washington Post, Jan. 25, 2022
Tim Henderson, GOP Uses Redistricting to Retain Outsized Statehouse Power, PEW Stateline, January 21, 2022
Patrick Marley, The Wisconsin Supreme Court focused on the Voting Rights Act during redistricting arguments, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan 19, 2022
Vanessa Swales, Latino advocates call on the Milwaukee Common Council to pause redistricting, following concerns about the City Attorney's counsel, Milw. Journal Sentinel, Jan. 15, 2022
Reid Wilson, State courts become battlegrounds in redistricting fights, The Hill, January 14, 2022
Patrick Marley, Wisconsin Supreme Court won't let Republicans in Congress offer a second redistricting plan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 10, 2022
Henry Redman, As election year begins, court wrangling over redistricting continues, Wisconsin Examinar, January 4, 2022

2021

Scott Bauer, Evers’ maps would keep, but reduce Republican majorities, AP News, Dec 15, 2021
Ally Mutnick, States’ high courts poised to draw new congressional maps, Politico, Dec 13, 2021
Isiah Holmes, Voces de la Frontera gets requested mayoral veto of Milwaukee redistricting maps WI Examiner, Dec 6, 2021
Jack Kelly, Which court will draw Wisconsin's new voting maps, The Capital Times, Dec 3, 2021
Maggie Astor, How the suburbs have changed gerrymandering, The New York Times, Dec 2, 2021
Patrick Marley, Wisconsin Supreme Court says it would minimize changes to current election maps, handing Republicans an initial redistricting victory, Milw. Journal Sentinel, Nov 30, 2021
Associated Press, Changing prisoner count could boost cities’ political power, November 28, 2021
Mel Leonor, Virginia redistributes prison population count for redistricting, with gains for Richmond, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Nov 26, 2021
Jack Kelly, Evers Vetoes Republican-drawn Wisconsin Voting Maps, The Capital Times, November 18, 2021
Nick Corasaniti and Reid Epstein, How a cure for gerrymandering left U.S. politics ailing in new ways, The New York Times, Nov 17, 2021
Reid Wilson, GOP sees advantage as redistricting hits the half-way point, The Hill, November 14, 2021
Erin Murphy, Iowa's neighbors show contrasts in redistricting, The Daily Nonpareil, November 12, 2021
Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time, Two takes on the dispute over Wisconsin's legislative maps, November 12, 2021
Mark Joseph Stern, No one is prepared for the new gerrymanders, Slate, November 10, 2021
Phyllis Hill, The Role Black Women Played In The 2020 Presidential Election Is The One They Should Play In Redistricting, Essence, Nov. 8, 2021
Mitchell Schmidt, Senate Republicans Advance GOP-drawn Political Maps, Evers Plans to Veto, Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 8, 2021
Larry Sandler, Stability or "Gerrylaundering"? Attorneys Clash Over Using Current Maps as Redistricting Baseline, Marquette U. Law School, Nov. 7, 2021
David D. Haynes, What you need to know about gerrymandering in Wisconsin - and why it will take massive political pressure to change a corrupt system, Milw. Journal Sentinel, Nov. 4, 2021
Tim Henderson, Bipartisan Commissions Cause Redistricting Pain for Democrats, PEW Stateline, November 2, 2021
Jane Timm, States Rethink 'Prison Gerrymandering' in 2020 Redistricting Process, NBCNews, November 1, 2021
Dan Shafer, Zero People Spoke in Support of Republican-Proposed Maps at a 9-Hour Public Hearing, The Recombobulation Area, October 31, 2021
Scott Bauer, Opponents Say Wisconsin GOP Maps Continue Gerrymander, AP, October 28, 2021
Elise Romas, Redistricting Plans Bring Heated Debate Among Wis. Lawmakers, Citizens, WMTV/NBC15.com, October 28, 2021
WORT FM A Public Affair, Redistricting In Wisconsin And Dane County, October 27, 2021
Jack Kelly, Wisconsin Republicans completed redistricting plan days after end of public input, The Cap Times, October 21, 2021
Patrick Marley, Daphne Chen, and Craig Gilbert, Republicans release redistricting plan that maintains their decisive electoral advantage, Milw Journal Sentinel, Oct 20, 2021
Jack Kelly, Blurring the Lines: Wisconsin Braces for Bitter Redistricting Battle, The Cap Times, October 19, 2021
Natasha Haverty, Wisconsin boosts rural voters' clout by counting prisoners where jailed, Milw Journal Sentinel, October 15, 2021
Larry Sandler, Battle Over Venue Defines First Phase of Litigation on Wisconsin Redistricting, Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog, October 14, 2021
Scott Bauer, Wisconsin Attorney General Calls for Electin Probe to End, AP, October 11, 2021
Scott Bauer, Wisconsin Legislature to Take Up Redistricting in November, AP, October 7, 2021
Patrick Marley, Federal court partially pauses Wisconsin redistricting case but says it will decide election maps if needed, Milw Journal Sentinel, October 7, 2021
Christina Lieffring, Evers' Commission Proposed New Electoral Maps. Here's What That Means, Up North News, October 4, 2021
Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson, Mapped Out (6 part Podcast series), Wisconsin Public Radio, September 28, 2021
Christina Lieffring, Fair Maps Activists Lobby Lawmakers to Take the Redistricting Process Out of the Hands of the GOP-Led Legislature, Up North News, Sept. 27, 2021
Riley Vetterkind, Federal court indicates it wants Wisconsin's new political maps in place by March, Wisconsin State Journal, September 21, 2021
Voting Rights Working Group/Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Growing Communities of Color and Redistricting, September 16, 2021
Billy Corriher, Redistricting and the Coming Collisions Between Partisans and Courts, Governing, September 8, 2021
Henry Redman, Court Battles Over Wisconsin Redistricting Heat Up, Wisconsin Examiner, September 7, 2021
Nicholas Riccardi, Democracts see consequences from redistricting reform push, AP, Sept 4, 2021
Alison Dirr and Vanessa Swales. 2020 Census numbers are in and redistricting is getting started. Here is what you need to know, Milw Journal Sentinel, Sept 2, 2021
Ruth Coniff, Why the Wisconsin Supreme Court doesn't want to take on redistricting, Wisconsin Examiner, Sept 2, 2021
Rebecca Beitsch, DOJ issues warning to states ahead of redistricting, The Hill, Sept 1, 2021
Michael Macagnone, Justice Department releases Voting Rights Act mapmaking guidance, Roll Call, Sept 1, 2021
Scott Bauer, Wisconsin Legislature allowed to intervene in redistricting, AP, August 31, 2021
Kristian Hernández, DIY Redistricting Allows Public to Draw Maps in More States, PEW Stateline, August 31, 2021
Mike Moen, Politics aside, Wisconsin residents can submit redistricting input, WXPR radio, August 26, 2021
Sam Levine, From dark art to dark science’: the evolution of digital gerrymandering, The Guardian, August 23, 2021
Patrick Marley, Two more redistricting lawsuits have been filed in Wis. as conservatives and liberals mount a legal battle over election maps, Milw Journal Sentinel, Aug. 23, 2021
Scott Bauer, Wisconsin Republicans Seek to Dismiss Redistricting Lawsuit, AP, August 18, 2021
Bloomberg Government, Tribes Make 'Community of Interest' Case: Ballots & Bounderies, August 17, 2021
Katjusa Cisar, Gerrymandering Reform Efforts (video interview re: article July 21 linked below) C-SPAN Washington Journal, August 14, 2021.
Rob Garver, Cenus Data May Blunt Expected Republican Election Gains in 2022, Voice of America, August 14, 2021
David Daley and Gaby Goldstein, America is full of ‘democracy deserts’, The Guardian, August 13, 2021
Scott Bauer, Lawsuit Challenges Wisconsin Districts after Census Release, AP, August 13, 2021
Scott Bauer, Population Growth, Gains will Drive Wisconsin Redistricting, AP, August 12, 2021
Maggie Astor, Marginalized Groups Look to Get on the (Redistricting) Map , The New York Times, August 12, 2021
Hansi Lo Wang, Census Data Delays Wreak Chaos On States Preparing For Future Elections, NPR, August 10, 2021
Ethan Herenstein, Alicia Bannon, and Thomas Wolf, The Upcoming Census Redistricting Data Release, Explained, Brennan Center for Justice, August 10, 2021
Stephanie Akin, Hispanic Caucus to Fund Redistricting Efforts in 3 States, Roll Call, August 9, 2021
John Kruzel, Supreme Court decision could set off gerrymandering 'arms race’, The Hill, August 7, 2021
Dr. Ron Jarmin, Redistricting Data: What to Expect and When, U.S. Census Bureau, July 28, 2021
Alvin Chang, Andrew Witherspoon and Sam Levine. The completely legal ways US politicians bend redistricting rules – a visual guide, The Guardian, July 27, 2021
Katjusa Cisar, Is Gerrymandering Forever? In These Times, July 21, 2021
Angelo Bautista, The Road Ahead For Redistricting In Wisconsin, WPR, Air Date: Monday, July 19, 2021
Shawn Johnson, SCOWIS: GOP Legislators Can Hire Private Attorneys Ahead Of Redistricting , WPR, July 15, 2021
Hope Karnopp, Evers vetoes 'Second Amendment sanctuary' bill and measure to delay redistricting local election maps, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 9, 2021
Mel Barnes and Matt Rothschild, Wisconsin's high court shouldn't let Vos and LeMahieu cut in line. Wisconsin Examiner, July 9, 2021
Matt Ford, Republicans Are Already Plotting the Next Crisis for American Democracy, The New Republic, July 8, 2021
Melanie Conklin, Republicans vote to preserve gerrymandered maps for another year, Wisconsin Examiner, June 23, 2021
Peter Cameron (The Badger Project), GOP redistricting put Fitzgerald brothers – who live 13 miles apart – in different congressional districts, La Crosse Tribune, June 21, 2021
Scott Bauer, Local elections new front in Wisconsin redistricting battle, Associated Press, June 2, 2021
Patrick Marley, Split between Wisconsin Democrats and Republicans on redistricting reform appears to be widening, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 1, 2021
"Robin Vos got slap on hand that he deserved," Wisconsin State Journal editorial, May 23, 2021
Riley Vetterkind, "Wisconsin Supreme Court declines to adopt Republican-backed redistricting rules," Wisconsin State Journal, May 14, 2021
Have The Courts Made Gerrymandering Better Or Worse? A FiveThirtyEight Chat, May 10, 2022
Patrick Marley, "The census is months behind schedule. What that means for the fight over Wisconsin's election maps," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 5, 2021
Zach Montellaro, "Delayed census data kicks off flood of redistricting lawsuits," Politico, May 1, 2021
Patrick Marley, “Dane County judge voids redistricting contract with Republicans and their lawyers,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 29, 2021
Bruce Murphy, "The New Gerrymandering Scheme." Urban Milwaukee, April 27, 2021
U.S. Census Bureau, "Census Bureau to Release 2020 Census Population Counts for Apportionment." April 26, 2021.
Yurij Rudensky, Michael Li, and Gabriella Limón, "Summary of Changes Necessitated by the New Redistricting Data Production Schedule," Brennan Center for Justice, April 22, 2021
Mel Barnes, "Why can’t Wisconsin keep a mask mandate? Gerrymandering." Wisconsin Examiner, February 4, 2021
Ben Williams, "5 Ways to Handle Census Delays and Redistricting Deadlines." State Legislatures Magazine, January 28, 2021
Mike Schneider, "US House data not ready until April, states’ data after July." The Washington Post, January 27, 2021
Briana Reilly, Wis. Gov. Tony Evers Signs Order Creating Nonpartisan Redistricting Board, The Capital Times, January 27, 2021
Louis Fortis. "Why Redistricting is the Most Important Legislative Issue for the Next 10 Years." Shepherd Express, January 21, 2021

2020

Bruce Murphy, "The Hating of Justice Hagedorn" Urban Milwaukee. December 7, 2020
Peter Cameron, The Badger Project, "The Election Is Over. Wisconsin Turns to Redistricting." November 30, 2020
Becca Schimmel, "How Gerrymandering Could Be Impacting Coronavirus Response in Wisconsin." October 1, 2020
Lee Hamilton, William S. Cohen and Alton Frye, "How Congress can stop gerrymandering: Deny seats to states that do it." The Washington Post editorial, July 17, 2020
Slay The Dragon (film), by Magnolia Pictures in theaters March 13, 2020
Bruce Thompson, "The Republicans’ Gerrymander Scheme." Urban Milwaukee, February 5, 2020
"A Radical Voter Suppression Tactic: This Republican plan would redefine the whole state of political representation in America." Slate.com What Next podcast, Jan. 29, 2020

2019

Common Cause, "Whitewashing Representation: How Using Citizenship Data to Gerrymander will Undermine our Democracy." October 20, 2019
David Daley, "Have court rulings in Michigan and Ohio turned the tide on partisan gerrymandering?" Salon. May 6, 2019
Justin Miller, "Republicans Come to Texas to Prepare for the 2021 Redistricting Battle." Texas Observer, August 20, 2019
WYSO Ohio State's podcost. "History Talk: From Poll Taxes to Partisan Gerrymandering: Voter Disenfranchisement." NPR, August 1, 2019
Campaign Legal Center, "Voters are ready for the Supreme Court to Strike Down Gerrymandering." March 25, 2019
Charles Franklin, "New Marquette Law School Poll finds some issues less divisive amid continuing partisan divide." January 24, 2019

2018

Sam Wang, Gerrymanders, Part 1: Busting the Both-Sides-Do-It Myth, Princeton Elections Consortium. Updated September 2018
Michael Tomasky, "Ratf**ked Again." The New York Review of Books. June 7, 2018
The Brookings Institute, "A primer on gerrymandering and political polarization." July 6, 2017 (Feb. 2018 update)

2017 and earlier

Laura Moser. "This Is How Gerrymandering Works." New York Review of Books. December 18, 2017
Katelynn Ferral, "What You Need to Know About Wisconsin's Gerrymandering Case Headed to the Supreme Court." The Capital Times. October 2, 2017
Sam Wang, Partisan Gerrymandering Across the 50 States, Princeton Elections Consortium. July 16, 2017
Carlos Waters, The Difference Between Racial and Partisan Gerrymandering (video), Vox.com. July 24, 2017
Dawn Chan, "A Summer School for Mathematicians Fed Up with Gerrymandering." The New Yorker, August 8, 2017
Tufts University. "Civic Math: Mathematicians Wield Geometry, Train Experts in Effort to Fight Gerrymandering and Promote Voting Rights." Newswise. August 7, 2017
Jason Stein, "Court to Wisconsin Republicans: Redraw Election Maps." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 27, 2017
Mark Joseph Stern, "Why the Ruling Against Wisconsin’s Gerrymander Could Change Redistricting in America." Slate.com. Nov. 22, 2016
Katelynn Ferral, "Understanding Wisconsin’s Legislative Redistricting Trial: The Efficiency Gap, Partisan Symmetry and More." The Capital Times. May 28, 2016
Robin Smith, "Same Votes, Different Districts would Change Results." Duke Today. October 2014
David Michael Miller, "Slaying the Gerrymander: The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau maps nonpartisan redistricting," February 6, 2014
Midwest Democracy Network, Redistricting and Representation in the Great Lakes Region in 2011, April 2013
Redistricting Majority Project, "2012 Redmap Summary Report." Republican State Leadership Committee, January 4, 2013

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Mapping Tools and Data for Public Participation

Dave’s Redistricting -- Do It Yourself Redistricting
- 2022 Assembly and Senate Districts Competitiveness (SB621 maps approved by SCOWI 4/15/22 have 10 of 99 assembly districts at < 5% margin of victory )
- 2022 Congressional districts map competitiveness (Ever's map approved by SCOWI 3/3/22 has 2 of 8 congressional districts within 5% margin)
District Builder -- An open-sourced online mapping tool designed to be transparent and easy-to-use, and to provide the public access to the same information that legislators use when drawing congressional maps so that the public can draw maps of their own. Azavea, the software developer, has a contract with Dane County to provide a public mapping portal for their local redistricting.
DistrictR -- An open-sourced web app developed by MGGG Redistricting Lab at Tisch College of Tufts University. The People's Maps Commission in Wisconsin will be using this tool.
Redist: Anti-Gerrymandering Tool Developed by Harvard Researchers Used in Supreme Court Proceedings -- Merrill v. Milligan, a lawsuit before the Supreme Court alleging Alabama’s 2021 congressional redistricting plan discriminates against Black voters
OpenPrecincts (under development) -- will be a complete, legislative-quality database of electoral precinct data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Redistricting Data Hub -- Choose Your Own Mapping Tool (2021)
Redistricting Data Hub -- Population Change Reports that visualize the changes in total population and population by race and ethnicity for congressional, state senate, state house/assembly, and major cities
Representable -- process of drawing and documenting communities of interest (2021)

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Table of Contents

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Wisconsin State Government

Wisconsin Local Government

Federal Government

Academic and Online Resources

Issue Advocacy and Legal Action

Reporting and Analysis

Mapping Tools and Data for Public Participation