PEMBROKE PARK, Fla — People are taking notice and taking a stand against attempts to redistrict the states.
While Texas tries and California threatens to one-up them, Florida’s leaders are taking steps to decide whether to redistrict too — instead of waiting for the next census at the end of the decade.
Florida’s attorney general got the ball rolling. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, he requested a mid-decade update to the 2020 census — suggesting the census was flawed — so Florida could use new numbers to redistrict.
This attention to census and redistricting comes with political calculation. An increase in population means Florida may add another district or more — and more members of Congress. How the district lines are drawn can determine how many Democrats or Republicans are in them, and which way the district vote will go.
Jessica Lowe-Minor, the president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, helped work to pass Florida’s Fair Districts constitutional amendment 15 years ago that requires lawmakers to draw even, fair district lines, without gerrymandering them for political gain.
Watch the video above to see her “This Week in South Florida” interview.
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