A “special master” appointed to deal with a dispute over documents related to the 2012 redistricting process has ruled that a Republican consultant shouldn’t have to give those records to groups challenging the new political maps in court.

Former Supreme Court Justice Major Harding’s report, dated Monday, says that Pat Bainter and employees of his Gainesville-based firm, Data Targeting, shouldn’t have to produce hundreds of pages of documents shared inside the company and with the Republican Party of Florida, which paid Bainter for work during the redistricting process.

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