Lawmakers will be back in Tallahassee in mid-April for a special session on redistricting.
approved by the legislature, and he would be calling lawmakers back during a press conference Tuesday.The governor indicated he wants lawmakers to redraw the maps in a similar fashion to the map he proposed back in January that dismantles CD 5 and would like leave Duval County with two Republican-leaning districts.
The minority access district is held by Democrat Al Lawson, and runs from Tallahassee to Jacksonville’s urban core.He also said he believes the primary map put forth by the legislature would have been found unconstitutional. written by the governor’s General Council, Ryan Newman. DeSantis said he expects legal challenges to clear up what he describes as ”internal inconsistencies” between the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Fair Districts Amendment of the Florida Constitution.
The governor also hinted lawmakers may take up issues including property insurance reform, constitutional carry and data privacy in the April special session., but his office told us the governor can expand the call to include those issues if he believes lawmakers are positioned to deliver.
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