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Miami residents will vote under a new city commission map through 2030 following the approval of a settlement agreement today between the city and local organizations that prevailed in a racial gerrymandering challenge to the districts.
A federal court will not reconsider its March decision to uphold a Florida congressional map that eliminated a historically Black district, but there is still an ongoing state case challenging the map.
Last Friday, the city of Miami appealed a recent decision that struck down the city’s commission districts for being unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.
A federal judge in Florida yesterday struck down Miami’s city commission districts for being unconstitutional racial gerrymanders and ordered the implementation of a new map for future elections.
On Monday, April 1, a bench trial will begin in a federal legal challenge to Florida’s latest omnibus voter suppression law, which was signed into law last May by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
In a unanimous opinion handed down this evening, a federal three-judge panel upheld Florida’s congressional districts, rejecting a lawsuit from civil rights groups that alleged the map intentionally discriminates against Black voters in North Florida.
A federal judge today struck down a provision of Florida’s 2023 omnibus anti-voting law that bars noncitizens from collecting or handling voter registration applications on behalf of third-party voter registration organizations.
A federal judge yesterday upheld a provision of Florida’s 2023 omnibus anti-voting law that prohibits people with certain felony convictions from “collecting or handling” voter registration applications.
A bench trial begins today in a federal lawsuit challenging Miami, Florida’s city commission districts for being unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.
Today, a Florida appeals court reversed a ruling striking down Florida’s congressional map for diminishing Black voting power in the northern part of the state.