'This is not democracy—this is one-party rule drunk on power and bullying anyone in their way into submission,' said Democratic state Rep. Anna Eskamani.
Wednesday that the redistricting plan"would end the congressional career of [U.S.] Representative Al Lawson, a Black Democrat from Jacksonville, by carving up a district that stretches across North Florida to combine Black neighborhoods in Jacksonville and Tallahassee."
"It would also eliminate an Orlando district held by Representative Val Demings, a Democrat, and pack Black voters from two districts in Tampa and St. Petersburg into one, creating a second district certain to be won by a Republican," theThe map, which heavily favors Republicans overall, is expected to face legal challenges.
The House vote Thursday was held after a group of Florida Democrats, led by Black lawmakers, disrupted debate on the congressional map by taking control of the floor and holding a sit-in and a prayer-in.state Rep. Angie Nixon , who helped lead the demonstration."We need to ensure we adhere to fair districts. We need to ensure all Floridians have a voice... What they do to one of us they do to all of us.
"Under the new map, which was proposed by DeSantis himself, Republicans would probably represent 20 districts while Democrats would represent eight," the newspaper added.on Thursday, the ACLU of Florida argued that"the governor's map is a blatant and illegal partisan gerrymander." "These maps clearly sever Black communities across the state, manipulate the lines to favor the governor's party, and diminish minority voting ability in violation of the Fair Districts requirements—which were enshrined in the Florida Constitution by a supermajority of Floridians," the group added.
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