Democracy Comes Limping Back To Wisconsin

Last week, Wisconsin Republican legislators decided it was time to cut their losses in regards to the legislative maps. So they adapted the new maps that Governor Evers had submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court (SCOWIS) after the court had found the old maps to be unconstitutional. While the actual legislative maps were exactly the same, the Republicans had significantly changed some things, such as making them effective in November as opposed to in March as the SCOWIS timeline had laid out.

Despite the changes, on Monday, Governor Tony Evers signed the maps into law during a signing ceremony. He then declared it to be a great day for Wisconsin and a new day for Democracy:

“I will always try to do the right thing for our state. Wisconsinites want fair maps, and Wisconsinites deserve fair maps. So, today, I’m enacting fair maps for the great state of Wisconsin,” Gov. Evers said. “When I promised I wanted fair maps—not maps that are better for one party or another—I damn well meant it. Wisconsin is not a red state or a blue state—we’re a purple state, and I believe our maps should reflect that basic fact.

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