Evers calls for special Legislative session to ban partisan gerrymandering
Gov. Tony Evers called for a special session of the Legislature on April 14 to consider a constitutional amendment which would ban partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin.
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Gov. Tony Evers called for a special session of the Legislature on April 14 to consider a constitutional amendment which would ban partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin.
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