Among the exhibits to the congressional redistricting federal trial is a selection of memoranda, from Jim Ellis to U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land. They were submitted a trial exhibit by the Democratic plaintiffs, as explained in the document. Ellis is the executive director of the Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee (ARMPAC), and served as DeLay’s legislative liaison on the congressional redistricting project. The memos were some of his reports to DeLay; more are said to exist, but they have not yet been made available in discovery to the court. Click here to view the Ellis memos in PDF format.

This article appears in December 19 • 2003.

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