For the last two weeks, as it has redrawn the state’s congressional districts to comply with a court order, the Legislature has shown why Florida needs to take political map-drawing away from the politicians. The Legislature is in special session to change the 27 districts because evidence at trial showed that in 2012 the Republican-led […]
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 […]
