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Public gets chance to weigh in on GOP redistricting plans

Proposed congressional maps based on 2020 Census Data. The map on the left was drawn by Republican lawmakers. The map on the right is one of three congressional maps drawn by the People's Map Commission.
Proposed congressional maps based on 2020 Census Data. The map on the left was drawn by Republican lawmakers. The map on the right is one of three congressional maps drawn by the People's Map Commission.

The public gets a chance to tell Republican lawmakers what they think of the GOP’s redistricting plan at a joint legislative hearing Thursday, a meeting that comes just days before expected votes on the maps.

Republicans unveiled legislative and congressional maps last week that are largely based on the current districts and would keep their solid majorities in place.

They plan to pass them in early November. That would send the maps to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has already told Republicans he won’t sign what they’ve put forward.

That means the new political boundary lines will most likely be drawn by a court.

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