Kenny Stancil is senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project and a former staff writer for Common Dreams.
A state judge on Wednesday invalidated part of Florida's new congressional map--drawn by right-wing Gov. Ron DeSantis' office and approved last month by the Republican-controlled Legislature--siding with plaintiffs who accused the GOP of violating the state constitution through racial gerrymandering. Judge Layne Smith of the 2nd Circuit Court said that 'the enacted map is unconstitutional because it diminishes African Americans' ability to elect candidates of their choice.
As Jacksonville's The Tributary reported Wednesday: ordered the state to adopt a map that maintains an east-to-west version of Jacksonville's 5th Congressional District, stretching from Duval to Gadsden counties. The ruling came after a Wednesday hearing that saw plaintiffs argue that Gov. Ron DeSantis' congressional map, which eliminated Jacksonville's current Black ability-to-elect district, violated the state constitution.
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