Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a new congressional map while also calling for a mid-April special legislative session so lawmakers can craft new maps that satisfy him.
“Today, I vetoed a map that violates the U.S. Constitution, but that does not absolve the Legislature from doing its job," Gov. DeSantis said.
“We have a responsibility to produce maps for our citizens that do not contain unconstitutional racial gerrymanders,” DeSantis said later in a statement. “Today, I vetoed a map that violates the U.S. Constitution, but that does not absolve the Legislature from doing its job.” During the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers were handling the redistricting process in a relatively smooth way until DeSantis in January proposed his own maps that called for dismantling two seats now held by Black Democrats, including Rep.Florida picked up one congressional seat in 2022 due to population growth for a total of 28.
The governor has taken clear aim at the seat held by Lawson, a Black Democrat from Tallahassee. Lawson’s North Florida district Lawson, in a statement, blasted the governor’s veto and his legal reasoning: “In January, DeSantis made it clear that his ultimate objective was to cut the number of African Americans and Hispanic Americans serving in Congress, so today’s veto is no surprise.
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