Wisconsin - G.O.P. Lawmakers Sign Vow of Silence - NYTimes.com Nearly all of Wisconsin's Republican state lawmakers signed an agreement not to comment publicly about redistricting discussions while new G.O.P.-friendly maps were being drafted. The pact was included in documents released in a lawsuit challenging the maps" constitutionality. They included a memorandum warning Republicans to ignore public comments about the maps and focus instead on what was being said in private meetings. An immigrant group filed a complaint Monday claiming that the actions broke the open-meetings law.