Congressional Redistricting

Lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration want a federal court to toss out a challenge to a new congressional redistricting plan — or put the lawsuit on hold while other redistricting cases are resolved.

A three-judge panel has revived Gov. Ron DeSantis' congressional map after a state circuit court judge ruled earlier this month that the map was unconstitutional.

Florida is among a half dozen states where the population was undercounted during the 2020 census, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The state has asked an appeals court to reinstate a stay on a circuit judge’s ruling that blocked a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. An emergency motion argues that a Leon County circuit judge erred last week when he issued a temporary injunction against the plan — and when he lifted a stay on the ruling Monday.

Pointing to “urgency” as the 2022 elections near, attorneys for voting-rights groups want a battle over a new congressional redistricting plan be put on a fast track to the Florida Supreme Court.

Fair districts groups argue Florida's new congressional map violates the U.S. Constitution because it discriminates against Black voters.

Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction to block a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' congressional map was met with a legal challenge on the same day he signed it into law.

Despite vocal opposition to the governor's congressional map, state lawmakers moved the plan quickly along on the first day of a special legislative session to pass a new U.S. House map.

Gadsden County residents spoke out against the governor's plan to erase Democratic Congressman Al Lawson's 5th Congressional District at a check presentation ceremony on Thursday.