Arizona Voter Map Witness Proves Bad Faith, Lawyer Says
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Republicans seeking to void Arizona’s redrawn voter districts over claims they favor Democrats were presented with a “smoking gun” at trial when a witness testified the plan wasn’t accurate, a lawyer for the Republicans said.
A witness for the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission admitted that a pre-clearance submission of the redistricting plan to the U.S. Department of Justice “just wasn’t right,” David Cantelme said in closing arguments today at the federal trial in Phoenix.