SEATTLE (AP) – A government transparency group has sued Washington’s redistricting commission over the state’s new political maps they say violated the state’s Open Public Meetings Act. The Seattle Times reports the Washington Coalition for Open Government filed the lawsuit Thursday citing the commission met secretly last mnth and rushed a pre-midnight vote on maps that were not publicly displayed or debated. The redistricting commission’s executive director, said in an email that the commission “has received notice of the lawsuit and is consulting with counsel.”
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