Republicans’ gerrymander of Wisconsin’s legislative maps is so extreme that it violates the state Constitution, liberals and redistricting advocacy groups allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that seeks to redraw the maps that now all but guarantee GOP control of the Legislature.
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