Redistricting Experts Submit $128K Bill For Review Of Wisconsin Legislative Maps

CBS Minnesota

February 27, 2024

Redistricting consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court have submitted a $128,000 bill for the work they did reviewing proposed new legislative maps, with about half of it likely to be paid by taxpayers.

The court hired a pair of redistricting consultants to review maps submitted by Republicans and Democrats after it tossed out the existing Republican-drawn maps as unconstitutional. After the consultants determined that the Republican submissions were partisan gerrymanders, the GOP-controlled Legislature passed maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

He signed them into law last week, seemingly ending the court fight and giving Democrats a path to possibly gaining majority control of the Legislature after more than a decade in the minority.

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