Wisconsin taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court
Wisconsin taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court
- June 25, 2024
- Bernie Grofman, poli sci, Associated Press, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Spectrum News 1, Daily Mail, June 25, 2024
Wisconsin taxpayers will pay half of the $128,000 bill submitted by redistricting consultants hired by the state’s Supreme Court for the work they did reviewing proposed legislative maps, the liberal majority of the court ordered Monday. … Bernard Grofman, of the University of California, Irvine, submitted a $39,762 bill for more than 88 hours of work. He helped redraw Virginia’s federal and state legislative districts after a bipartisan commission deadlocked.
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