A Republican group that filed a lawsuit about redistricting with the Supreme Court Nov. 21 withdrew it Friday and altered a similar lawsuit filed a week later.
Nine individuals associated with the Republican party filed the lawsuit after organizers began circulating recall petitions for four Republican state senators.
The two lawsuits filed to the Supreme Court and Waukesha County contend that recall elections occurring before November 2012 should be held in new legislative districts approved this summer by the legislature.
The group withdrew the Supreme Court lawsuit and requested that the Waukesha case be heard by a Waukesha County judge. Before, the group wanted the Supreme Court to create a panel of judges from three different counties to hear the case.
Citing his health, Justice David Prosser said he would not be active on the Supreme Court in December. Without his typically conservative viewpoints, the court is speculated to split 3-3.
