Wisconsin—The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign launched its Judicial Independence Project micro-site: “Wisconsin is courting disaster. The scales of justice are out of balance.” The site features a downloadable petition to protect fair…
MIDWEST--Civic groups in five Great Lakes states are calling on more than 700 judicial candidates to follow new campaign conduct guidelines that help them steer clear of special interest pressures and political agendas.A nine-page memo, mailed to candidates in Illinois,…
MIDWEST -- New poll gauges Midwest's attitudes on political reform.Citizens rank right to know No. 1 Wisconsin State Journal; July 8, 2008 Survey: Most Ohioans distrust state governmentCincinnati Business Courier; June 23, 2008 Michiganders have…
MIDWEST -- New Guide Brings Redistricting Out into the Open The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, George Mason University, and the Joyce Foundation are pleased to announce the release of 'A Citizen's Guide to Redistricting', authored by…
Wisconsin —The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is just one example of what’s ahead, By Emma Schwartz. Not once in more than 40 years has an incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court justice lost an election—not, that is, until this week, when…
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Federal judges in Wisconsin have chosen to redraw two Wisconsin state legislative districts in favor of the area’s Latino community. The judges stepped in and redrew districts 8 and 9 after Republican legislators drew the…
Milwaukee area State Assembly districts passed in 2011
A panel of federal judges in Wisconsin has declared that two state Assembly districts in the state redistricting map passed in 2011 must be redrawn. The two districts, (district 8 and district 9) located in the…
On Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27, Midwest Democracy Network will be attending the Democracy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference will be covering many of the issues…
In a move that goes against historical precedent, Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature released their state level and congressional redistricting maps last Friday, with the intent to pass them before the state’s…
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Big redistricting news out of Michigan this week as official maps have been introduced in the state legislature and passed out of committee. Meanwhile in Wisconsin, proposed maps have been circulated, and in Ohio money…
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