THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 17, 2015……….Lawyers for the Florida House are asking the state Supreme Court to allow them to dig deeper into the origins of proposed congressional districts submitted by organizations and voters who successfully sued to overturn a map drawn by the Legislature in 2012. In a brief filed Thursday, the House’s attorneys […]
Documents Show Private Discussions in Senate Redistricting – The News Service of Florida
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, August 20, 2015……….Senate leaders crafting new districts for the chamber in 2012 held confidential meetings to discuss maps with lawmakers before the maps were made public, while at the same time boasting about “the most open and transparent redistricting process in Florida’s history,” according to court documents. Depositions and other evidence in […]
Fla. Senate broke law, will redraw districts – Politico
The Republican-led Florida Senate admitted in a court filing on Tuesday that unnamed senators had violated the state Constitution by gerrymandering some Senate districts – and now they’ll have to be redrawn in a special session later this year. That session, to be held from Oct. 16 to Nov. 6, will be the third extra […]
