{"id":5587,"date":"2023-09-12T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2023-09-12T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:30:05","slug":"flip-flop-gov-evers-opposes-non-partisan-maps-calls-them-bogus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5587","title":{"rendered":"FLIP FLOP: Gov. Evers Opposes Non-Partisan Maps, Calls Them \u2018Bogus\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/flip-flop-gov-evers-opposes-non-partisan-maps-calls-them-bogus\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/flip-flop-gov-evers-opposes-non-partisan-maps-calls-them-bogus\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/evers-maps.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Evers Opposes Non-Partisan Maps\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rock Sound Study\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers came out in strident opposition to non-partisan maps, calling them \u201cbogus.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Evers\u2019 comments came after Assembly Speaker Robin Vos proposed non-partisan maps using a process that Democrats have advocated for years, until now.<\/p>\n<p>Vos is pushing for legislation to use \u201can Iowa-style nonpartisan redistricting\u201d to create legislative maps. In this format, the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau would write the new legislative maps instead of partisans, whether they be Republicans or Democrats. The current maps are Republican-drawn, following a longstanding practice. The U.S. Supreme Court previously invalidated maps chosen by an Evers\u2019 commission.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cRepublicans, who\u2019ve been ramping up their efforts to interfere in Wisconsin elections, are now demanding Legislature-picked and Legislature-approved map drawers for legislative districts. That\u2019s bogus,\u201d Evers wrote on X.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vos responded, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Actually, I\u2019m willing to offer an amendment to address this concern if you will sign it? Let\u2019s not play games and get this done. The Iowa process works well as you\u2019ve said for years\u2026<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference, Vos said, \u201cHopefully it means that we will take all of the money that has been wasted by the liberal interests suing us over the maps and instead we get to say we don\u2019t need to waste those taxpayer dollars because we can adapt the process that has been used flawless wirelessly in Iowa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Legislature that has now repeatedly demonstrated that they will not uphold basic tenets of our democracy \u2013 and will bully, threaten or fire on a whim anyone who happens to disagree with them \u2013 cannot be trusted to appoint or oversee someone charged with drawing fair maps. And I\u2019m not going to participate in enabling Republicans in the Legislature to keep trying to use and abuse their power to control the outcome of our elections,\u201d Evers said.<\/p>\n<p>What Evers\u2019 excessively partisan language camouflages is what he was opposing: Vos is pushing legislation that removes partisanship from the process. Vos previously opposed the non-partisan process.<\/p>\n<p>His statement also omits is that he wants the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court to make that call, including a new justice, Janet Protasiewicz, who took $10 million from the state Democratic Party and declared the current maps \u201crigged\u201d and \u201cunfair,\u201d prejudging the process. Republicans have filed a motion demanding she recuse from the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/flip-flop-gov-evers-opposes-non-partisan-maps-calls-them-bogus\/ Wisconsin Gov. 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