Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signs 1 of 3 redistricting bills

[The Northerner]

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill that gives the state the power to redraw legislative district boundary lines before local governments have completed their work.

Walker signed the bill on Monday in private but took no action on two other bills that redraw district boundaries for all 132 legislative districts and the eight congressional districts.

Walker’s office issued a statement saying he had signed the bill, but it offered no additional comment or indication when Walker would act on the other two proposals.

All three bills passed the Legislature last week.

The one Walker signed on Monday also requires the state Supreme Court to appoint a three-judge panel to hear any challenges brought in state court to the redistricting maps.

Source: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110725/APC0101/110725216/Walker-signs-1-3-redistricting-bills

[Horse with no Name]

1. Someone needs to throw his dictatorial ass out of the Governor's mansion. n/t

[iwishiwas]

2. The WI had to change the LAW (first part of his bill) in order

for next two parts to become legal. The current law (now not a law) said the legislature needed input from its citizens to redraw the lines.


Dictator indeed but he has the Fitzgerald brothers in the assembly and Senate to do the dirty work.