This year, DeSantis and now the Florida House appear intent on testing whether courts will revisit the question of whether districts drawn to help minorities elect a candidate of their choice can be dramatically changed – or even erased.
Similarly, Gadsden County — Florida’s only county with a majority Black population — would no longer be in the district served by Lawson. Instead, voters there would be included in the large Panhandle district represented by Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Panama City.
But this year, DeSantis and now the Florida House appear intent on testing whether courts will revisit the question of whether districts drawn to help minorities elect a candidate of their choice can be dramatically changed – or even erased. Lawmakers did get some support Thursday, though, from the Florida Supreme Court. Justices approved the state House and Senate maps already completed by legislators, and with no legal challenges pending, those boundaries could be set for this year's elections.Florida governors usually stay out of redistricting.
The state Senate’s congressional plan only would put Republicans in position to win 16 seats.It also left the Tallahassee-to-Jacksonville district in place. It’s possible that even with the latest contours designed to placate the governor that the Legislature may not avoid his veto of the congressional map.In an unusual move, the House is advancing two maps: A “primary” plan that confines Lawson’s seat in Duval, and a “secondary” proposal that would keep the general boundaries of the Jacksonville-to-Tallahassee district in place since 2015.
Democrats Thursday ridiculed the two map approach, with Rep. Joe Geller of Aventura, likening it to a restaurant menu – asking the court to choose “one from Column A or one from Column B.”
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