PR Watch.org has this up on the gerrymandering in Wisconsin.
From the article:
In early February of 2012, GOP legislators released multiple documents, but continued to keep around 84 emails confidential. The three judges — two of them appointed by Republican presidents — again criticized the Republican legislators for “an all but shameful attempt” to keep documents secret, writing: “Without a doubt, the Legislature made a conscious choice to involve private lawyers in what gives every appearance of an attempt — albeit poorly disguised — to cloak the private machinations of Wisconsin’s Republican legislators in the shroud of attorney-client privilege.”
And…incredibly:
According to the documents that were released, Republican legislators signed a pledge of secrecy during the redistricting process and were told to ignore what GOP leaders said publicly about the new election maps.
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What is this, high school or college where you make secret pledges? Seriously?? Does this mean they get double secret probation?
Note that some emails obtained by Center for Media and Democracy were not released to the lawyers challenging the maps. Just incredible!
I think this is why Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the tea partiers are so baffled that they lost the election….how could they lose when they’ve worked so hard against the democratic process??
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More on ALEC sponsors here.
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And, lastly, ALEC and the electoral college here. They just can’t figure out enough ways to demolish the democratic process….