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The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the way for Republicans to use Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) gerrymandered congressional map in 2026, despite the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
Florida Republicans urged the state’s highest court to invalidate the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan redistricting and clear the way for the GOP’s gerrymandered congressional map this year.
Florida supreme court will expedite its consideration of a pro-voting group’s petition to block the GOP’s new gerrymandered map.
Pro-voting groups asked the Florida Supreme Court Thursday to block the state’s new GOP congressional gerrymander and let the 2026 elections move forward under the 2022 map, warning that Republican officials are trying to run out the clock before voters can get relief.
We got some ominous news this week about President Donald Trump’s dangerous bid to crack down on mail voting ahead of the midterm elections.
A judge appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has cleared the way for Florida to use its new congressional map — drawn by DeSantis’ office — in the 2026 midterm elections, despite what plaintiffs called “staggering” evidence that it violates the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
The CBC’s Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) has pulled support of the SCORE Act, which he helped draft, due to the GOP’s redistricting war impacts on his state.
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Florida Republicans’ new gerrymandered congressional map violates a voter-approved state ban on partisan gerrymandering, voting advocates argued Friday, asking a court to block the state from using the map in the 2026 elections.
Pro-democracy organizations are asking the court to strike down the new map because a Florida constitutional amendment bans partisan redistricting.
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