HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2017 (20) Resolution No. 20 (2017)
ST !`, ~�~ RESOLUTION TO CREATE A NONPARTISAN PROCEDURE
FOR THE PREPARATION OF LEGISLATIVE AND
CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PLANS
1 WHEREAS., currently under the state constitution,the legislature is directed to redistrict
2 legislative districts according to the number of inhabitants at its next session following the
3 decennial federal census by the majority party;and at the same intervals, the legislature also
4 reapportions congressional districts pursuant to federal law,and
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6 WHEREAS.,legislative and congressional redistricting plans enacted pursuant to this
7 procedure are usedto elect members ofthe legislature and members ofCongress inthe fall ofthe
8 second year following the year of the census; and
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10 WHEREAS, historically legislative and congressional plans inWisconsin have been subject
11 to partisan influence that put the desires of politicians ahead of the electoral prerogative of the people;
12 arid
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14 WHEREAS., the 2011 process to draw the maps and fight litigation contestingthose
15 maps cost taxpayers nearly $1.9 million; and
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17 WHEREAS, a panel of federal district court judges has ruled that the redistricting that
18 was done in Wisconsin in 2011 was unconstitutional; and
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20 WHEREAS., redistricting to achieve partisan gains is improper,whether itis done by
21 Republicans or Democrats.
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23 NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED that the St.Croix County Board of Supervisors
24 insists upon the creation of a nonpartisan procedure for the preparation of legislative and
25 congressional redistricting plans.
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27 BE ITFUR"]IICHER RESOLVED that the process promotes more accountability and
28 transparency and prohibits the consideration of voting patterns,party information, and
29 incumbents' residence information or demographic information in drawing the maps,except as
30 necessary to ensure minority participation as required by the U.S. Constitution.
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32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is directed to send a copy ofthis
33 resolutionto the Governor of the State of Wisconsin,the Wisconsin Counties Association, the
34 Wisconsin Towns Association, the Wisconsin League of Municipalities, allmembers ofthe state
35 legislature, and to each Wisconsin County.
Legal—Fiscal—Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: Policy statement, no fiscal impact on St. Croix County.
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04/19/17 Administration Committee APPROVED
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RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Roy Sjoberg, Chair
SECONDER: Laurie Bergren, Supervisor
AYES: Sjoberg, Bergren, Berke, Kiesler, Leibfried
Vote Confirmation.
Roy 1obe,gg, Supervisor 4/24/2017
SL Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call -Vote Requirement— Majority of Supervisors Present
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RESULT: ADOPTED [14 TO 3]
MOVER: Roy Sjoberg, Supervisor
SECONDER: Scott Nelson, Supervisor
AYES: Ring, Babbitt, Sjoberg, Nelson, Berke, Ostness, Larson, Hansen, Kiesler,
Peterson, Anderson, Achterhof, Leibfried, Peavey
NAYS: Ryan S. Sicard, Bob Long, Andy Brinkman
ABSTAIN: Tom Coulter
ABSENT: Laurie Bergren
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on May 2, 2017
Cindy Campbell, County Clerk