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 For more than three decades, Cynthia Slater has helped Black Floridians register to vote, she testified Thursday morning. But the Florida NAACP’s civic engagement chair stopped organizing voter registration drives because of restrictions imposed under a 2023 law. Before Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 7050 last year, the Florida State Conference of the NAACP had […] The post FL NAACP stopped voter registration drives amid legal challenge to election law, leader
Quality Journalism for Critical Times Dear Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, I am writing to you about some ideas I had for one of your museums. As you know, Tallahassee is home to more than just the Florida State Capitol (congrats on ridding it of the recent infestation of lobbyists). It’s also the home of the Museum of Florida […] The post Museum should display wetlands and other artifacts of a Florida that’s fast disappearing appeared first on Florida Phoenix.