Three legislative staffers told Crosscut that the commissioners made various decisions about how to draw new legislative and congressional district lines in private, out of public view. Many of those decisions were made after midnight Nov. 15, the commission’s constitutional deadline for completing its work, said the staffers, two of whom asked to not be identified because they didn’t have permission to speak publicly.
The Washington Coalition for Open Government’s lawsuit says the commission’s behind-the-scenes deal-making violated the state’s Open Public Meetings Act, which requires deliberations and decisions to occur in the open.
If the coalition’s lawsuit prevails, a judge could strike down the commission’s newly crafted congressional and legislative
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