Redistricting experts submit $128K bill for review of Wisconsin legislative maps
Redistricting experts submit $128K bill for review of Wisconsin legislative maps
- February 26, 2024
- Bernie Grofman, poli sci, Associated Press, Yahoo News, CBS News, Feb. 26, 2024
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. … The contract had allowed for the consultants to be paid up to $100,000 each. They said in their report that more work could be done to improve the maps under review by the court, but [Gov. Tony] Evers signed the new maps into law in the meantime.
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