3-8-22 head of government watchdog group surprised at redistricting map ruling

The director of a government watchdog group admits he was surprised when the state supreme court ruled last week in favor of redistricting maps submitted by Democratic governor Tony Evers.   Common Cause in Wisconsin director Jay Heck says the Evers plan preserves maps favorable to Republicans, but it was slightly less favorable than plans submitted by the GOP legislative majorities.  Heck says he believes adopting least change was a mistake because there was such a dramatic change when Republicans gerrymandered the maps ten years ago.  Conservative justice Brian Hagedorn wrote that Governor Evers’  maps  most closely followed the court’s November directive to take a “least-change”  approach to the existing lines Republicans drew a decade ago and that no other proposal comes close.