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☆ Appeals Court Takes DeSantis' Side in Challenge to a Map That Helped Unseat a Black Congressman
  + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Associated Press | Dec. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature didn't violate the state constitution when it approved congressional maps pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that helped the GOP replace a Black Democratic representative with a white conservative, an appeals court ruled Friday. The 1st District Court of Appeal reversed a lower court's ruling that the map that rewrote U.S. Rep. Alan Lawson's district was unconstitutional because it diminished Black voters' ability to elect a candidate of their choice. Voting rights groups had argued the new map was unconstitutional because it dismantled a district where Black citizens made up nearly half the registered voters. The appeals court agreed with DeSantis that a district can't be drawn to connect two Black communities that otherwise have no connection.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Alan Lawson's, DeSantis, “ Organizations: Republican Gov, GOP, Black Democratic, Rep, Black Locations: TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Florida, downtown Jacksonville, Gadsden County, Georgia, Washington, Alabama, Orlando
☆ A Florida judge struck down a DeSantis-drawn congressional map because it diminished the voting power of Black residents
  + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
A Florida judge has tossed the North Florida redistricting plan engineered by Gov. Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that DeSantis' congressional map violated the state constitution. Lawson, who ran for reelection in 2022 and lost to Republican Rep. Neal Dunn in the conservative 2nd congressional district, praised the judge's ruling. "I am pleased the Court struck down the DeSantis congressional map, finding that his office and the Legislature violated the Constitution. My only goal right now is to ensure that fair representation is returned to the people of North Florida," he added.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Judge J, Lee Marsh, Al Lawson, J, DeSantis, Al Lawson's, Cord Byrd, Jasmine Burney, Clark, Duval County —, Lawson, Neal Dunn Organizations: Gov, Democratic, Service, Republican Gov, Black, GOP, Congressional, Republican, Florida Supreme, Politico, League of Women Voters, Jacksonville — Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, North Florida, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Lawson's, Duval County, Gadsden County
☆ DeSantis-appointed Florida official resigns after photo emerges appearing to show him in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood: report
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A widely circulated photo appears to show Jeffery Moore in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. Moore resigned from his post on the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners last week. Sheriff Morris Young told Politico that Moore didn't deny it was him in the photo when questioned. Ron DeSantis abruptly resigned on Friday after a photo that appeared to show him in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood surfaced. Refuted nothing when I showed him the pictures," Young told Politico.
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