Attorneys representing more than a dozen Republican voters seeking to overturn the approved New York congressional and state Senate lines are seeking documents related to how the maps were drawn.
Court papers filed Monday evening seek "any and all documents and communications relevant to the drawing" of the House and state Senate district lines. The attorneys are also seeking communications related to "political data" and whether it was related to a specific political party or incumbent elected official.
The filing argues the court has "broad discretion to order expedited discovery" in the case.
The suit in state court, filed hours after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the maps into law, challenges the legality of the new districts on the grounds. Plaintiffs in the case allege the Democratic-led Legislature violated a state constitutional amendment that bars partisan redistricting or gerrymandering of lines.
Democrats in the state Legislature have argued the lines will withstand legal scrutiny and are a fair reflection of a Democratic-dominated state.
State lawmakers took control of the once-a-decade redistricting process last month after a commission appointed by the Legislature failed to agree on a set of maps for the state's congressional districts, state Senate and Assembly lines.