Wisconsin Saib yog lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig thiab tsis koom nrog xov xwm. Subscribe rau peb tsab ntawv xov xwm kom tau txais peb cov dab neeg tshawb nrhiav thiab xov xwm hnub Friday sib sau ua ke. Zaj dab neeg no tau luam tawm hauv kev koom tes nrog Lub Koom Haum Xov Xwm.
Yog Wisconsin xeev Rep. Jimmy Anderson xav mus ntsib cov neeg nyob hauv qee lub nroog sab qaum teb uas nws sawv cev, nws thawj zaug yuav tsum tawm hauv nws lub nroog - ob zaug.
Los ntawm nws lub tsev Fitchburg nyob rau hauv lub nroog Madison, Anderson yuav tsum tawm ntawm nws lub 47th Assembly District, hla mus rau 77th District, rov qab mus rau lub 47th District, ces mus rau sab qaum teb mus txog lub 48th District thaum kawg mus txog ib pawg ntawm cov tsev uas muab xws li ib tug tej thaj chaw deb outpost rau nws koog tsev kawm ntawv.
Txawv txawv? Yog lawm. Tsis yooj yim? Yog lawm.
Tsis raws cai? Tej zaum.
Txawm hais tias Wisconsin Txoj Cai Lij Choj xav kom cov cheeb tsam tsim cai "kom muaj thaj chaw sib txuas," txawm li cas los xij muaj ntau qhov chaw ntawm thaj av uas tsis muaj kev sib txuas. Cov ua daim ntawv qhia zoo ib yam li Swiss cheese, qhov twg qee lub nroog muaj cov qhov me me hauv zej zog tau muab rau cov neeg sawv cev sib txawv.
Wisconsin txoj kev coj txawv txawv hauv lub tebchaws ntawm cov cheeb tsam uas raug tshem tawm raug suav hais tias yog ib qho ntawm ntau qhov kev iab liam txhaum cai hauv kev foob tsis ntev los no nrhiav rau tawm tsam tam sim no Pawg Sib Tham thiab Senate koog tsev kawm ntawv thiab hloov lawv ua ntej 2024 kev xaiv tsa.
Zoo li cov xwm txheej zoo sib xws hauv cov xeev xws li North Carolina rau Utah, Wisconsin foob kuj hais tias cov neeg koom nrog gerrymandering yog txhaum cai raws li lub xeev txoj cai lij choj tau lees paub txog kev tiv thaiv vaj huam sib luag thiab kev hais lus dawb.
Txawm hais tias cov lus thov no tau muaj txiaj ntsig sib xyaw hauv tebchaws, Democrats cia siab tias Wisconsin Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Siab Tshaj Lij Tshiab Liberal feem ntau yuav xa ib qho kev tsis lees paub ntawm germandering uas tau muab Republicans rau feem ntau cov cai lij choj.
Tab sis qhov kev sib tw rau cov cheeb tsam uas tsis sib thooj tuaj yeem muab cov kws txiav txim plaub ntug txiav txim siab txog qhov xwm txheej yam tsis tau hais txog seb puas muaj kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev ua txhaum cai.
Kenneth R. Mayer, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison tau hais tias "Nws tuaj yeem yog qhov no ua rau lub tsev hais plaub muaj qhov nruab nrab tsis zoo rau kev txiav txim siab daim ntawv qhia tsis zoo," said Kenneth R. Mayer, tus xibfwb ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin Lub Rooj Sib Tham Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv qeb duas ntawm cov tilted tshaj plaws hauv tebchaws, nrog Republicans niaj hnub yeej ntau lub rooj zaum ntau dua li qhov xav tau raws li lawv qhov nruab nrab ntawm kev pov npav, raws li ib qho Associated Press tsom xam. Hauv lwm lub xeev, xws li Nevada, Democrats tau sau cov txiaj ntsig tsis zoo los ntawm kev rov ua haujlwm.
Feem ntau lub xeev raug coj los ntawm tsawg kawg plaub lub hauv paus ntsiab lus rau kev hloov kho lub xeev cov cai lij choj hauv cheeb tsam tom qab txhua qhov kev suav pej xeem decennial. Cov no suav nrog cov cheeb tsam uas muaj ze li ntawm cov pej xeem sib npaug, sib npaug thiab sib txuas thiab ua raws li thaj tsam ntawm cov nroog thiab cov nroog. "Kev sib txuas" feem ntau yog to taub txhais tau tias txhua qhov chaw ntawm ib cheeb tsam tau txuas nrog, nrog qee qhov kev zam rau cov Islands tuaj.
Hauv qee lub xeev, cov neeg tsim daim duab qhia tau muaj tswv yim los ntawm kev siv cov kab nqaim ntawm txoj kev lossis cov dej ntws los txuas lwm qhov sib txawv ntawm ib cheeb tsam. Tab sis ob peb tus tau mus txog rau Wisconsin hauv kev kho cov kab mob sib kis raws li cov lus tsis sib xws rau "nyob ze."
Wisconsin cov cheeb tsam uas raug cais tawm yog "qhov txawv txav," hais tias Justin Levitt, tus xibfwb ntawm Loyola Marymount University Law School hauv Los Angeles uas tau tsim Txhua Yam Txog Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Lub Vev Xaib.
Anderson's legislative koog tsev kawm ntawv, piv txwv li, suav nrog ntau tshaj li kaum ob thaj chaw nyob deb tau tawg ri niab nyob ib ncig ntawm Madison cheeb tsam uas raug rho tawm ntawm koog tsev kawm ntawv lub ntsiab feem nyob rau hauv Fitchburg, McFarland thiab Monona. Qhov ntawd ua rau qhov rooj-rau-qhov rooj sib tw tshwj xeeb rau Anderson, uas siv lub rooj zaum muaj log uas yuav tsum tau rov qab thauj khoom thiab tshem tawm ntawm lub tsheb.
Qhov xwm txheej kuj yog qhov tsis meej pem rau nws cov neeg nyob deb nroog uas nws cov neeg nyob ze tau sawv cev los ntawm lwm tus, Anderson tau hais.
"Nws tsuas yog tsis ua haujlwm rau cov neeg uas nyob hauv cov npuas me me kom tsis txhob muaj kev sib koom ua ke hauv zej zog thiab kev nyiam los sawv cev," nws hais.
Gabrielle Young, 46, nyob hauv ib qho ntawm "cov Islands tuaj" Anderson sawv cev. Tab sis txog thaum nws raug hu los ntawm cov kws lij choj ua ntaub ntawv foob rov hais dua, Young hais tias nws tsis muaj lub tswv yim tias Anderson yuav tsum taug kev hla lwm cheeb tsam mus rau kev sib tw hauv nws cov zej zog. Young tau pom zoo los ua tus foob hauv kev foob hais tias cov cheeb tsam uas tsis sib txuas tau ua txhaum txoj cai hauv lub xeev.
Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tuaj yeem mus tas li ntawm kuv lub neej nyob ntawm no tsis paub tias nws tau tshwm sim, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis ua rau nws zoo," nws hais. "Nws tsis zoo."
Ntawm lwm yam, qhov kev foob hais txog 1892 rooj plaub uas Wisconsin Tsev Hais Plaub Siab tau hais tias cov cheeb tsam "tsis tuaj yeem ua los ntawm ob lossis ntau qhov ntawm thaj chaw uas raug tshem tawm." Txawm li cas los xij, qhov kev coj ua tau nthuav dav dhau lub sijhawm, nrog 55 ntawm 99 Lub Rooj Sib Tham Hauv Cheeb Tsam thiab 21 ntawm 33 Senate koog tsev kawm ntawv tam sim no muaj feem cuam tshuam, raws li kev foob.
Mark Gaber, tus thawj coj laus hauv cheeb tsam rov qab los ntawm Campaign Legal Center, ib pab pawg neeg nyob hauv Washington, DC tau hais tias "Zoo meej, qee lub sijhawm, qee yam ua tsis zoo,"
"Nws zoo li meej meej rau kuv tias koj yuav tsum tswj cov lus raws li lawv tau sau," Gaber ntxiv.
Qhov ntawd yeej tsis yog li ntawd.
Xyoo 1992, ib pawg neeg txiav txim plaub ntug txiav txim plaub ntug txiav txim plaub ntug txiav txim plaub ntug Wisconsin qhov tseem ceeb tau pom zoo rau cov cheeb tsam kev cai lij choj. Wisconsin lub Democratic-coj Legislature thiab Republican tus tswv xeev tsis pom zoo rau cov cheeb tsam tshiab tom qab kev suav pej xeem xyoo 1990. Lub tsev hais plaub raug tso tseg los xaiv ntawm ntau yam kev npaj xa los ntawm ob tog. Republican cov phiaj xwm tau npaj cov cheeb tsam nrog kev sib txuas lus, tab sis cov kws txiav txim plaub tau xaiv rau txoj kev ywj pheej uas tsis ua.
Tsoomfwv cov kws txiav txim plaub tau hais tias cov cheeb tsam tsim cai lij choj uas muaj "cov Islands tuaj" ntawm thaj av tsis sib xws zoo ib yam li cov nroog uas tau tso cai raug cai rau cov cheeb tsam uas tsis sib xws.
"Vim qhov kev ncua deb ntawm lub nroog thiab cov kob yog me ntsis, peb tsis xav tias qhov tsis ua tiav ntawm txoj kev cai lij choj kom ua tiav qhov kev sib raug zoo ntawm qhov tsis zoo," cov kws txiav txim plaub tau sau xyoo 1992.
Lub luag haujlwm ntawm nom tswv tau thim rov qab 30 xyoo tom qab. Republicans, uas tam sim no tswj hwm Txoj Cai Lij Choj, tau thov Pawg Sib Tham thiab Senate daim ntawv qhia nrog cov cheeb tsam tsis sib xws uas Wisconsin Supreme Court tau txais yuav xyoo tas los. Democrats, uas tswj hwm tus tswv xeev lub chaw haujlwm, tab tom txhawb nqa qhov kev sib tw raug cai.
"Cov koog tsev kawm ntawv yog kev cai lij choj vim tias lawv muaj kev sib raug zoo raws li txoj cai," Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos tau hais hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm rau Cov Xov Xwm Sib Tham hais txog kev txiav txim plaub ntug ua ntej. Nws tsis kam hais ntxiv.
Txawm hais tias qhov kev xav tau sib txuas tau muaj keeb kwm ntev hauv lub tebchaws hauv kev rov ua haujlwm, lawv tsis tau ib txwm tau hais meej meej, yog li tawm hauv chav rau kev txhais lus, hais tias Micah Altman, tus kws tshawb fawb ntawm Massachusetts Institute of Technology uas nws cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb suav nrog kev rov ua haujlwm.
Cov txheej txheem xws li cov cheeb tsam sib txuas thiab compact yuav tsum sib npaug nrog lwm cov hauv paus ntsiab lus, xws li faib cov pej xeem sib npaug thiab tsis cais cov nroog thiab cov nroog hauv cheeb tsam, nws hais.
"Tig ib lub pob qhov rooj rau ntawm lub kaw lus ua rau koj yuav tsum tau tig lub pob qhov rooj tsawg kawg me ntsis," Altman tau hais.
Nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Anderson lub koog tsev kawm ntawv, cov disconnected seem yuav tsis tau ua ntau txawv nyob rau hauv lub partisan muaj pes tsawg leeg ntawm nws cov neeg xaiv tsa. Anderson yog Democrat, thiab feem ntau ntawm Madison-cheeb tsam cov neeg xaiv tsa.
Tab sis cov kws tshaj lij hauv cheeb tsam hais tias tseem muaj peev xwm rau cov neeg ua nom ua tswv los txhim kho daim ntawv qhia rau lawv qhov kev nyiam los ntawm kev kos cov chaw nyob deb ntawm cov cheeb tsam.
Levitt tau hais tias "Thaum koj tso cai rau cov kws kos duab kos duab hauv cheeb tsam uas tsis sib thooj, koj muab lawv yooj yim dua rau kev tsim txom," Levitt tau hais.
