By Mary Ellen Klas The legal fight over the Senate map has intensified as Senate Democrats are now demanding the public be allowed “real time” access into the behind-the-scenes process of map drawing being conducted by House and Senate staff in preparation for next week’s special session to realign Senate district boundaries. [Read More]
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 […]
Senate Admits Districts Unconstitutional; Map will be Redrawn – the News Service of Florida
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 28, 2015……….In what one critic of the Legislature called an “unprecedented admission,” the Florida Senate conceded Tuesday that the chamber’s districts are unconstitutional and should be redrawn in a special session beginning in October. An agreement between the Legislature and a coalition of voting-rights groups and citizens that challenged the Senate […]
