Florida’s Fair Districts provision states that congressional districts cannot be drawn in a way that would “diminish” minority voters ability to elect someone of their choice.
Lawyers for the Legislature and the DeSantis administration contended they replaced Lawson’s seat with a “race neutral” one. | Marta Lavandier, File/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The fate of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial congressional map is now with a circuit judge who, on Thursday, repeatedly pressed attorneys representing the state’s top elections official and the Republican-controlled Legislature on the map’s validity.
The voting rights and civil rights groups that sued over the map say the overhaul pushed by the governor violated Florida’s voter approved redistricting standards designed to protect minority voters. Abha Khanna, an attorney from the Elias law firm, said lawyers for the state had turned a “straight forward claim by Florida voters ... into an affirmative assault on the constitution itself.”Circuit Judge Lee Marsh, who was appointed by former Republican Gov.
But during his exchanges with lawyers, Marsh openly questioned whether there was enough evidence in the record to show that they had tried to come up with an alternative solution. He also said several times that this was “step one” and that he could rule that the map violates Florida’s Constitution and that it is up to legislators to figure out what to do next.
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