As a new round of legal battling begins about congressional redistricting, the state is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that has urged judges to draw new district lines.
The groups Common Cause Florida and FairDistricts Now and individual plaintiffs filed the federal lawsuit last month as DeSantis and lawmakers were at an impasse in the once-a-decade reapportionment process. The lawsuit contended that judges should step in to make sure revamped districts are set before this year’s elections, as continuing to use current districts would be unconstitutional.
As of Monday morning, the plaintiffs’ attorneys had not filed a response to the motion, according to an online docket. The map is projected to increase the number of Republican congressional seats in Florida from 16 to 20, based on 2020 election results. Also, it would cut the number of districts likely to elect Black Democrats from four to two — a change that spurred a rare protest by Democratic lawmakers that temporarily shut down proceedings on the House floor Thursday.
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