Milwaukee Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson Signed Redistricting Map A Into An Ordinance After 11 Members Of The Common Council Voted To Pass It And Failing To Create A Third Majority Voting-age Aldermanic Hispanic District

The Milwaukee Common Council on a vote of 11-3 passed Redistricting Map A that was recommended by the Judiciary & Legislation Committee, which failed to create a third Hispanic voting-age population majority Aldermanic District.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 18, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Common Council members on a vote of 11 - 3 passed Redistricting Map A that the Judiciary & Legislation (J&L) Committee voted unanimously to adopt City of Milwaukee Aldermanic redistricting Map A, which failed to create a third Hispanic majority voting-age population district in Aldermanic District 13 in the Southside of Milwaukee.

Three members of the Milwaukee Common Council, Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa, Alderman Jose Perez and Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic voted "No".

Soon after the majority of the Milwaukee Common Council passed the recommended Redistricting Map A, Milwaukee Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson signed the redistricting ordinance into law and will take effect on January 20, 2022.

Previously, members of the Latino community and allies were in opposition of Redistricting Map A and favored Map C, which had a Hispanic majority voting-age populations of 70.6% in the 8th Aldermanic District, including 69.9% Hispanic majority voting-age population in the 12th Aldermanic District and 32.1% Hispanic voting-age population in the 13th Aldermanic District.

Map A, which the J&L Committee unanimously adopted after the Milwaukee City Attorney's Office in a close door session recommended in their legal opinion that it wasn't possible to create a third Hispanic voting-age population majority Aldermanic District will most likely face a federal legal challenge by those opposing Map A.

The majority of the Milwaukee Common Council and the J&L Committee adopted Map A, which has 66.5% of the Hispanic majority voting-age population in the 8th Aldermanic District, 66.2% of the Hispanic majority voting-age population in the 12th Aldermanic District and at least 25.6% of Hispanic voting-age population in the 13th Aldermanic District.