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Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the district view: events tagged to this congressional district, then events that apply across Wisconsin, then national events. An event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district. See all of Wisconsin.

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In Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District

No events have been tagged to Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District yet. District events are added over time. The state and national events below also apply here.

Across Wisconsin

2024

  1. Feb 19, 2024 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Governor signs 2023 Wisconsin Act 94, new legislative districts

    2023 Wisconsin Act 94 (Senate Bill 488), "relating to: legislative redistricting," was enacted February 19, 2024. WSAW reported that Gov. Evers proposed the maps and Republicans who control the Legislature passed them to avoid having the Supreme Court draw the lines.

    Related: Wisconsin Supreme Court declares legislative districts unconstitutional for lack of contiguity

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2022

  1. Apr 15, 2022 State Maps and lines Decided by a court

    Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts the Legislature's legislative maps, 4-3

    On April 15, 2022, in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (2022 WI 19, No. 2021AP1450-OA), the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 4-3 to adopt the legislative maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature after the U.S. Supreme Court's March order. The opinion states: "Under the record presented before us, and with clarification from the Supreme Court, we conclude that the Legislature proposed the only legally compliant maps." Justice Hagedorn was reported to have written that they "are the only legally compliant maps we received."

    Related: Supreme Court reverses Wisconsin's adoption of the Governor's legislative maps · Wisconsin Supreme Court declares legislative districts unconstitutional for lack of contiguity

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2011

  1. Aug 9, 2011 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Legislature enacts new state legislative and congressional districts

    2011 Wisconsin Act 43 (Senate Bill 148), redrawing legislative districts, and 2011 Wisconsin Act 44 (Senate Bill 149), congressional redistricting, were both enacted August 9, 2011 and published August 23, 2011.

    Related: Three-judge federal court finds two Milwaukee Assembly districts violate the Voting Rights Act

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

Nationwide

2026

  1. Sep 10, 2026 National Maps and lines Proposed

    Census Bureau proposes residence criteria for the 2030 census that would exclude some noncitizens from the apportionment count

    On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau, an agency of the Department of Commerce, published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 57524, Docket No. 260903-0005, RIN 0607-AA75) that would add two new parts to the Code of Federal Regulations: residence criteria for the decennial census, and standards and restrictions for demographic questions on the census questionnaire. On residence, the notice states that "the Census Bureau proposes to include lawful permanent residents within the apportionment base, while excluding from the apportionment base illegal aliens and aliens whose legal status is less durable and indefinite in length than lawful permanent resident status," and says it is considering using administrative records to determine legal status. The comment period, first set to end October 13, 2026, was extended to November 2, 2026 by a notice published October 5, 2026. Al Jazeera and CNBC reported on the proposal, and CNBC reported that opponents expect litigation.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2021

  1. Aug 12, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau releases 2020 redistricting data for states

    On August 12, 2021, the Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, which it described as delivering data for states to begin redistricting. On September 16, 2021, it released the same data in an easier-to-use format on data.census.gov and delivered a toolkit to states.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  2. Apr 26, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau announces 2020 Census apportionment results

    On April 26, 2021, the Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020 was 331,449,281, and that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo delivered the population counts used for apportionment of the U.S. House to the President.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1967

  1. Dec 14, 1967 National Maps and lines Enacted

    Congress requires single-member congressional districts (Public Law 90-196)

    Public Law 90-196, approved December 14, 1967, provides that in each state entitled to more than one Representative "there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled," with "no district to elect more than one Representative."

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · Back to the 2026 voting center.