Judge strikes down part of Florida congressional redistricting map
Source: Jacksonville Tributary
A 2nd Judicial Circuit Court judge struck down Jacksonvilles congressional districts in a ruling against Floridas redistricting process.
Circuit Judge Layne Smith said, I am finding the enacted map is unconstitutional because it diminishes African Americans ability to elect candidates of their choice.
The ruling came after a Wednesday hearing that saw plaintiffs argue that Gov. Ron DeSantis congressional map, which eliminated a Black ability-to-elect district that stretched from Jacksonville to Gadsden County, violated the state constitution.
The ruling may get appealed.
The Legislature had initially passed a map that drew a Black ability-to-elect district wholly in Duval County, but DeSantis vetoed that map.
Read more: https://jaxtrib.org/2022/05/11/judge-strikes-down-part-of-florida-congressional-redistricting-map/
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,242 posts)Yeah for Marc Elias
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C Moon
(12,213 posts)flying_wahini
(6,594 posts)The Repugs just keep submitting worse maps. If it gets thrown out it just stalls so
they can keep the last map. Vicious circle