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applegrove

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Sun Mar 17, 2013, 11:14 PM Mar 2013

"New court filing: Documents were deleted from GOP redistricting computers"

New court filing: Documents were deleted from GOP redistricting computers

By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel, at JS online

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/new-court-filing-documents-were-deleted-from-gop-redistricting-computers-0p9530v-197833071.html

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Madison - Documents were deleted from state redistricting computers last year even after a lawyer for the Legislature told lawmakers' aides to preserve all records on the computers, according to documents filed Wednesday in federal court.

Nine hard drives were recently given to groups suing the state because of questions about whether legislators and their attorneys had turned over all the documents they had been ordered to provide. One of the nine hard drives was unreadable and the outside of it was dented and scratched, which suggested its metal housing had been removed, according to affidavits in the case.

In addition, some of the hard drives had a program installed on them that could remove electronic data and hide the fact that files had been deleted, according to the filing. So far, however, a computer expert has not been able to determine if the program was actually used.

A lawyer representing the law firm that helped lawmakers with redistricting called the new allegations premature and unproven.

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"New court filing: Documents were deleted from GOP redistricting computers" (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2013 OP
Obstruction of Justice! AndyTiedye Mar 2013 #1
Obstruction of Justice! Flashmann Mar 2013 #2
There are those on these boards edhopper Mar 2013 #3
Good, throw those districts all out and start again. nt bemildred Mar 2013 #4
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