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 […]
Documents reveal secret Florida Senate process to draw district maps – Miami Herald
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS The shadow redistricting process that brought down the congressional map also was in full swing in the state Senate’s efforts to redraw its own districts in 2011 and 2012, depositions and email documents submitted as part of a court case revealed. The documents, filed Wednesday in Leon County Circuit Court as […]
Depositions show Florida GOP push for favorable Senate lines – Politico
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida G.O.P. officials coordinated with Republican political consultants in an effort to quietly push for favorable state Senate maps, according to depositions and court documents. A lawsuit challenging the state Senate maps was filed in 2012, but it lay dormant as a separate suit over the state’s congressional maps winded its way […]
