One of Florida’s top Republican political consultants stopped short of accusing the state Supreme Court of lacking “integrity” Friday if it rules that he must disclose emails in a case brought under the state’s new anti-gerrymanding laws. Pat Bainter, whose firm Data Targeting Inc. has battled for two years to keep the documents private in […]
Editorial: Release the records – The Gainesville Sun
A Leon County judge found that Republican lawmakers and consultants “made a mockery” out of a redistricting process that was supposed to be open and transparent. Yet even though Judge Terry Lewis struck down two congressional districts with his decision this month, the public is still being kept in the dark about the process in […]
Times-Union to join other media asking judge to unseal records in redistricting controversy – The Florida Times-Union
The Florida Times-Union plans to join other media organizations requesting the Florida Supreme Court unseal evidence heard in a closed-door court session that preceded a Leon County’s decision to declare Florida voting maps illegally drawn. The July 8 decision by Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis was the first to address the state’s congressional map […]