Congressional Redistricting

“Black Votes Matter” claims when the legislature passed the map, it removed a minority access congressional district in North Florida.

A federal three-judge panel has upheld Florida’s congressional map after finding no constitutional problems with the state’s removal of an African-American performing district in the Big Bend but the broader legal fight isn't over.

Florida’s highest court will weigh in on the constitutionality of the state's congressional map, but any changes likely wouldn't come in time for the 2024 elections.

Voting-rights groups and others asked the court to take up the case, which centers on a North Florida district that in the past elected Black Democratic Congressman Al Lawson.

Saying a congressional redistricting plan approved last year by lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis abolished a “race-based electoral monopoly,” attorneys for the state late Wednesday argued that an appeals court should overturn a circuit judge’s ruling that the plan violates the Florida Constitution.

The trial begins Tuesday morning. Several civil rights groups and voters are challenging the map. They argue that it intentionally discriminates against Black voters.

Seeking a final ruling before the legislative session starts in January, both sides in a battle over a congressional redistricting plan asked an appeals court Friday to fast-track the case to the Florida Supreme Court.

A state judge has struck down Florida’s congressional map after finding that the removal of an African American-performing district was unconstitutional.

The state and plaintiffs in a redistricting lawsuit are heading to a Tallahassee courtroom next week. The hearing comes after the state admitted in filings that Black voters no longer have the ability to elect a candidate of their choice in a key, North Florida congressional district.

As they defend a congressional redistricting plan, a judge says the Florida House and Senate can challenge part of the 2010 Fair Districts constitutional amendment.