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packman

(16,296 posts) Fri Aug 1, 2014, 01:00 PM Aug 2014

WHAT? Good news out of Florida?

"Circuit Judge Terry Lewis on Friday ruled that the Legislature must draw up new congressional districts by Aug. 15. Lewis said that he will then order a special election later this year for those new districts.

Lewis has already ruled the current districts are illegal because they were drawn to benefit the Republican Party. Legislative leaders had wanted to keep in place the state's current districts until after the 2014 elections"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/florida-voting-map_n_5641900.html

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WHAT? Good news out of Florida? (Original Post) packman Aug 2014 OP

Excellent, now if we could get the republican states to allow randys1 Aug 2014 #1

Yay! The U.S. should be embarrassed about its fake democracy... polichick Aug 2014 #2

I would not get too excited, the problems the Judge is worried about are 2 districts n2doc Aug 2014 #3

randys1

(16,286 posts)

1. Excellent, now if we could get the republican states to allow

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 01:03 PM

Aug 2014

Democratic voters to vote again, all would be well

polichick

(37,152 posts)

2. Yay! The U.S. should be embarrassed about its fake democracy...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 01:05 PM

Aug 2014

This is just one way that citizens are ripped off.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

3. I would not get too excited, the problems the Judge is worried about are 2 districts

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 01:57 PM

Aug 2014

Lewis' ruled on July 10 that the state’s congressional redistricting maps are invalid and declared two of the states's 27 districts unconstitutional – those held by U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, and Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/01/4266657/florida-judges-orders-special.html#storylink=cpy

I suspect the repubs will do the absolute minimum they can to get those 2 districts in compliance. They aren't going to suddenly change all the districts into competitive or fair ones.

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