Multi-Partisan Fresh Air

By Doug Margolis, Edited by Michael Stearney and Dave Fodroczi

Dear Editor,

Regarding redistricting, I want to bring to your attention and express my gratitude to the 36 Concerned Voters of Wisconsin who submitted the “We the People” amicus brief to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. 

They were Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and others–a multi-partisan, non-partisan fresh air! They collectively asked the court to throw out the horribly divisive maps from the Legislature (SB 621) and instead apply objective criteria for choosing voting districts for the next 10 years.

The Brief described several examples of how the SB 621 maps split intact communities and made other drastic changes for no identifiable reason, except perhaps to preserve an incumbent’s seat.