Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis drawn'race-neutral' congressional map has been struck down by circuit court judge.
Leon County Circuit Judge J. Layne Smith, appointed to the circuit court by DeSantis two years ago, said he would issue a formal order later this week to keep the maps from taking effect in November's election, according to the Associated Press.
"I am finding that the enacted map is unconstitutional under the Fair District Amendment ... because it diminishes African Americans' ability to elect the representative of their choice," Smith said during a court hearing conducted via Zoom on Wednesday, according to the Florida Phoenix. As the 2022 midterm elections approach, a congressional map drawn by Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that would have eliminated a Black district has been rejected by a DeSantis-appointed circuit court judge. Above, DeSantis holds a press conference at Miami Dade College on January 26, 2022.DeSantis' office said it will appeal the decision.
"The district that has since been enacted and signed into law by the governor does disperse 367,000 African American votes between four different districts," Smith said."The African American population is nowhere near a plurality or a majority." In April, at a bill-signing news conference in Miami, DeSantis said the current 5th Congressional District"divvies up people based on the color of their skin," adding that the district was racially gerrymandered.
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