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“The reason? Republican leaders asserted their rights to block the most routine give-and-take of lawsuits, resisting handing over documents, providing discovery or submitting to depositions — in effect squashing Bonilla’s efforts to uncover how the 2021 maps were drawn.”
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How the GOP Uses Privilege to Keep Redistricting Work Secret — ProPublica

Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.

06:54 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“The [TX, R] lawmakers have done so by the rigorous use of two forms of privilege: the better known attorney-client privilege and what is known as legislative privilege, which allows elected members of state legislatures to deliberate in private.”
07:09 AM - Oct 18, 2023 (Edited)
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“As the Texas case drags on, [R] legislatures across the country are making new and expansive claims of privilege to keep electoral maps in place and prevent the public from finding out how they made their decisions and why.
07:10 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“Texas [R] lawmakers did not stumble upon these tactics on their own. A national GOP redistricting group helped train Republican lawmakers in Texas on how to approach lawsuits and raised money to pay legal costs. The lawmakers also passed a new law to further protect their deliberations. In addit..”
07:11 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“In addition, they [TX, R] put an outside political operative on the state’s payroll so that the legislative privilege could shield his activities. Finally, they relied on GOP map-drawers who worked for law firms, which allowed lawmakers to assert that the maps were “legal advice.””
07:13 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“Partisan battles have long been a staple of redistricting, which happens every 10 years. But as more states craft their new maps out of public sight, the fights are ending up in drawn-out court cases, with enormous consequences for voters.”
07:14 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“The lawsuits are taking so long to resolve that six states conducted their 2022 elections under maps that had been ruled illegal by lower courts, according to a recent analysis by Democracy Docket”
07:15 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“Through aggressive redistricting, however, Republicans have been able to maintain control of the [TX] Legislature, all major statewide offices and the state’s congressional delegation. And they grabbed one of the two new seats in Congress gained through the population increases.”
07:16 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“To reconstruct how Texas Republicans stalled the legal fight over their redrawn districts, ProPublica used federal court records in six states as well as interviews with experts, voters and former state officials. Combined they provide … how state lawmakers hobbled the opposition and hidden...”
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“Emails exposed GOP staffers plotting about how to draw maps to maximize Republican influence in Latino areas, or as one staffer put it: creating “Optimal Hispanic Republican Voting Strength.” … The court found discriminatory intent.”
07:20 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“GOP strategist Cleta Mitchell, who later took a lead role in Trump’s 2020 election denial effort, worked with the council’s redistricting committee. … telling the audience sarcastically that it would teach them “how to gerrymander.” …, said the speakers encouraged “trashing potential evidence..”
07:23 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“The bill shielded lawmakers’ communications with staff, even interns, as well as outside contractors who might normally be considered third parties. Other legislatures have adopted similar measures. Florida has exempted redistricting documents from its Sunshine Law since 1993.”
07:24 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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On using lawyers to draw & hide redistricting maps, “[R] Gober said he is not proficient with redistricting software and hires subcontractors to work under his direction. “That arrangement — and our assertion of attorney-client privilege — is not any different than the other … subcontractors,”
07:26 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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“ Torchinskihimself has become a key figure in helping Republicans with redistricting. In 2022, he helped devise a new congressional map for the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The governor’s plan, which faces a federal lawsuit, reduced the voting power of Black residents.”
07:27 AM - Oct 18, 2023 (Edited)
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“For her part, Bonilla, the Fort Worth small business owner, says she’s given up hope. “The system has failed,” she said.”
07:31 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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