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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeague of Women Voters of Florida and Others Sue Over Gov. DeSantis' Congressional Map
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. On April 22, the League of Women Voters of Florida joined Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together and several individual Florida voters in filing a lawsuit challenging Floridas new congressional map.
The League and the other plaintiffs argue the congressional map, insisted upon by Gov. DeSantis and approved by the state legislature, was not drawn in compliance with the governing laws surrounding redistricting in Florida presently.
The map violates a 2010 Fair Districts amendment to the Florida Constitution. Amendment 6, which was approved by 63 percent of Floridas voters, prohibits diluting the opportunity to elect racial and language minorities to Congress.
The Amendment also prohibits the diminishment of racial or language minority congressional districts regardless of the intent of the map drawers. The governors map violates the Fair Districts Amendment as it cuts Black districts from four to two.
2010s Amendment 6 also prohibits gerrymandering districts to favor a political party, which is exactly what this new map does by giving a particular party an advantage in 20 of the states 28 congressional districts.
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The League and the other plaintiffs have chosen to not stand by while a rogue governor and a complicit state Legislature make a mockery of Floridas Constitution and try to silence the votes and voices of hundreds of thousands of Black voters, said Cecile Scoon, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida. It is our belief the shameful refusal to protect the Florida Supreme Courts previously created Black districts will directly harm Black voting power established by Florida Supreme Court and harms every citizen in the state, regardless of race. To allow the Governor to flagrantly break established law in the hopes that the court will change the law in the future destroys the rule of law. We will not be swayed by the Governors proclamations that the present law should be changed. We are all required to follow the law as it stands.
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https://lwvfl.org/league-of-women-voters-of-florida-and-others-sue-over-gov-desantis-congressional-map/
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League of Women Voters of Florida and Others Sue Over Gov. DeSantis' Congressional Map (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2022
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FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)2. If the court strikes it down I look for Desantis to ignore ruling
Take it appeals court and run out the clock until the deadline .