listening at the library meeting was retired school principal helen harris. she lives on the northwest side of the city with her husband, curt. the 2011 redistricting plan placed their heavily democratic milwaukee neighborhood into a republican-leaning district that stretches far to the northwest past the suburbs into farm country. >> we live in the city. and now we, our little neighborhood, i think it's like six or 7,000 people were taken and attached to a very strongly republican district. >> reporter: the new district line was just two blocks from her house. so when the district line was redrawn, anything this side of it was moved into the new district? >> that's correct. >> mmm-hmm. >> reporter: in the 2012 election for her district, the republican candidate ran unopposed, winning almost 99% of the vote. >> i don't feel that i have a voice in this district. if every single democrat in this district voted, it wouldn't change anything. and many of the districts have been specifically aligned and created so that that democratic voice will not be heard. >> re