Evidence in lawsuit points to DeSantis inconsistency on congressional districts
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 2, 2023
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the Legislature’s efforts to draw a Black opportunity congressional district in North Florida while letting state House and Senate districts drawn along the same principles pass into law without objection.
That testimony came Monday in a lawsuit challenging the redistricting plan the governor forced on the Legislature last year on grounds that the district was too sprawling and amounted to a racial gerrymander.
