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Voting-rights groups asked the Florida Supreme Court to take up a battle about the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan.
Voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs quickly shifted to the Florida Supreme Court after the 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022.
‘A historically performing benchmark district for Black voters was not just diminished — it was eliminated,’ read the dissent, in part.
A state appeals court Friday upheld a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature.
An appeals court upheld the map, which plaintiffs say violated part of the constitutional amendment that barred drawing districts that would “diminish” the ability of minorities to “elect representatives of their choice.”