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Republican state lawmakers and Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation requested the state Supreme Court deny an original action request for a lawsuit that seeks to redraw Wisconsin’s congressional district lines. The lawsuit was filed by the Campaign Legal Center and argues the current map improperly splits up counties and fails to adhere to standards for districts to have the same populations. Six districts have 736,715 people and two have 736,714. Some districts had 736,716 people when they were initially drawn.
The defendant, the Wisconsin Elections Commission, has not taken a position on whether SCOWIS should accept the suit. The commission wrote they are concerned for any litigation to be finished in time to effectively administer the 2026 election calendar, explaining the maps need to be in place by March of an election year for implementation.
This lawsuit is seperate from the petition filed by the Elias Group last month.
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