Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd has asked a federal court to toss out a lawsuit challenging a state Senate redistricting plan passed in 2022, disputing allegations that the design of two districts in the Tampa Bay area diluted the power of Black voters.
Quality Journalism for Critical Times As lawmakers redistricted in 2022, the Florida Legislature packed Black voters into a Senate district spanning Tampa Bay to favor white control of a neighboring Senate district, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Tampa. The ACLU of Florida, Civil Rights & Racial Justice Clinic at New York University School of Law, and […] The post Federal lawsuit: Two state Senate districts in Tampa Bay are ‘racially gerrymandered’ appeared first on Florida Pho