Florida Judge Rules Unconstitutional DeSantis Plan Cannot Be Used for 2022 Election

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Florida Judge Rules Unconstitutional DeSantis Plan Cannot Be Used for 2022 Election

Washington, D.C. —  A fair, court-selected, congressional map will be put into place instead of the unconstitutional one drawn by Governor DeSantis, after the Circuit Court of Leon County vacated an automatic stay halting the implementation of the remedial map this afternoon.  The remedial map had been put into place last week after the court granted a motion for a preliminary injunction, filed by NRF supported organizational plaintiffs in the case Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Lee, against the state’s newly-enacted congressional map (the DeSantis Map). Marina Jenkins, Director of Litigation and Policy for the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF), released the below statement: 

“Today’s decision from the court is a clear win for Florida voters. The unconstitutional DeSantis Map has been struck down and a new, fair map selected by the court will be put into place. This ruling confirms that Black Floridians in the northern part of the state should not have to wait until after the 2022 elections to have the dilution of their voting power remedied.

“It is critical that the state’s election infrastructure moves with haste to implement the fair map selected by the court because no voter should be forced to vote under an unconstitutional congressional map.”

The full order can be found here. 

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