Last week’s spring election in Wisconsin had the whole country talking about voter access and democracy during a public health crisis. Now that the results are in, Carousel spends the hour doing an election recap and analysis with Erin Forrest, executive director of Emerge Wisconsin, and Sachin Chheda, a partner at Nation Consulting and a political […]
Election Law Update: SCOTUS Edition
On today’s show, host Carousel Bayrd explores two recently-decided Supreme Court cases on election law. In the first half, guest Sachin Chheda explains the partisan gerrymanding case Gill v. Whitford. He’s the Director of the Fair Elections Project, which organized and launched the lawsuit. In the second half, guest Robert Yablon explains the voters rolls […]
Unconstitutional gerrymandering in Wisconsin
Just a few weeks ago, a federal court found Wisconsin’s redistricting map to be unconstitutionally partisan gerrymandered. Today, Carousel is joined by Douglas M. Poland, one of the lead attorneys in the case; Sachin Chheda, Director of the Fair Elections Project; and Wendy Sue Johnson, one of the plaintiffs in the case.
