By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA ©2015 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved. Posting or forwarding this material without permission is prohibited. You can view the Terms of Use on our website. THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 22, 2015………. With a Leon County circuit judge ready to hear arguments Thursday, the Florida […]
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 […]
Court hears one more challenge to Florida’s congressional district maps – Naked Politics
Florida’s congressional redistricting maps should be rejected because they are the product of a shadowy process infiltrated by Republican political operatives in violation of the law against partisan gerrymandering, lawyers argued before the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday. The plaintiffs in the case, a coalition of voters and the League of Women Voters, want the […]
