Wisconsin Legislative Districts Will Likely Stay Same for 2018 after Gerrymandering Case

Molly McGrath (left), a voting rights attorney with the ACLU,
works with Madison residents to get the IDs they
need to vote under Wisconsin’s restrictive voter-ID law.
(Courtesy of Molly McGrath). From In These Times.

The Wisconsin congressional and state voting districts will remain the same for the 2018 elections, no matter the decision of the gerrymandering case before the United States Supreme Court, (Gill v. Whitford, Mal Contends), (Gill v. Whitford, Cornell, - Gill v. Whitford, MortizLaw, - Gill v. Whitford, U.S. Supreme Court).

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE)

This is because in part the 2018 voting process for the mid-term general elections will begin on June 28 one month from today, in accordance with federal law pertaining to military and overseas voters, (Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE)).

MOVE mandates states transmit ballots for federal elections "to absent uniformed services and overseas voters no later than 45 days before federal elections." The manner of transmission of ballots in Wisconsin is absentee ballots, including for military voters the use of electronic absentee ballots, if requested.
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June 1 is the deadline for congressional and state candidates to submit nomination signatures and other paperwork to qualify for candidacy.

To change the voting rules of the 2018 Wisconsin mid-term elections in the middle of the election process would present Due Process and Equal Protection violations inflicted on voters and candidates.
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In the 2016 presidential general election, 819,316 voters cast absentee ballots, a figure likely to be approached in this year's mid-term elections because of increased voter access in defiance of Republican voter suppression efforts, and in accordance with residents' right to vote under the Wisconsin Constitution.