Press Release: Gov. Evers Releases Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Regarding Redistricting

State of Wisconsin sent this bulletin at 03/23/2022 04:20 PM CDT
Office of Governor Tony Evers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23, 2022 
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov 
 
Gov. Evers Releases Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Regarding Redistricting
 
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today released the following statement in response to a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding redistricting. 

“The good news with today’s decision is that the congressional maps we proposed will remain in place—that’s great news for the people of our state and our democracy, and it’s been a long time coming.

“Unfortunately, the Supreme Court of the United States today made a remarkable departure, even from their own recent actions, by deciding to reject our maps that the Wisconsin Supreme Court selected just a few weeks ago. Our maps are far better than Republicans’ gerrymandered maps we have now and their maps I vetoed last year, and we are confident our maps comply with federal and state law, including the Equal Protection Clause, the Voting Rights Act, and the least-changes standard articulated by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

“If we have to go back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court—who have already called our maps ‘superior to every other proposal’—to demonstrate again that these maps are better and fairer than the maps we have now, then that’s exactly what we’ll do. I will not stop fighting for better, fairer maps for the people of this state who shouldn’t have to wait any longer than they already have to ensure their voices are heard.”
 
An online version of this release is available here.
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