For about 90 minutes on Friday, Jacksonville city leaders met in private to discuss litigation strategies after a federal judge ordered them to throw out newly drawn district lines and come up with a new map.
, alleged the maps are unconstitutionally gerrymandered by race and diminish the voices of Black voters. The judge found there was “a compelling case that race was the predominant factor in the drawing of the Challenged Districts,” and that the shape of the districts was “dictated by race.”City Council President Terrance Freeman. He spoke with us afterward, and we asked him if the city will be appealing the ruling.
We spoke Jerry Holland, the former supervisor of elections, who said the council was doing what it saw was done in the past, making sure minorities could get elected to the council. Holland said the newly-drawn lines are similar to what they were when he was supervisor of elections in 2011, and no one challenged them at the time.
Freeman wouldn’t comment on the legal matter, but said this about getting his statement to the community:We care about them. I know they are concerned about this issue. It’s very important to them. And I will be very prompt in getting something out to them, which will give them an idea of, hopefully, the direction we’re looking to head as a council as we look to represent them the best way we can,” Freeman said.
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