Скачать или смотреть Sheboygan could see drastic changes if legislative maps are redrawn

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that seeks to overturn the state’s legislative maps.

Redistricting experts say the city of Sheboygan could see drastic changes to its assembly district boundaries if the legislative maps are ultimately redrawn.

As an avid voter and longtime Democrat in Sheboygan County, Sandy Muesegades recalls a stark difference in legislative election outcomes before and after 2011.

"It was a sad day and it divided the city,” she said. “It divided the county. Somebody drew lines and really it’s taking our voice away."

Prior to that year, the liberal-leaning city of Sheboygan was represented by a Democrat in the Wisconsin Assembly for all but four years dating back to the late 1950s as the city made up a majority of one district.

But when Republican lawmakers redrew the maps in 2011, the city was split into two assembly districts with more conservative voters in rural parts of the county. Both assembly seats have been held by Republican lawmakers since.

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