The Jacksonville City Council lost again in court, with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deciding to keep in place an order finding the city had racially gerrymandered its residents.
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Jacksonville City Council passes new district map after racial gerrymandering ruling
The Jacksonville City Council passed a new district map Friday after a contentious week that at one point saw the same map first fail when it came up for a vote.
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Jacksonville City Council plans to vote today on new district maps
The Jacksonville City Council plans to vote Friday on new district maps after the old ones were struck down as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders, yet after three days of committee meetings, it’s not clear that the council has enough votes to approve the maps.
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City lawyer: Jacksonville doesn’t need compact city council districts despite charter requirement
Even as the city faces a lawsuit alleging it illegally passed non-compact districts, Jacksonville’s top lawyer told City Council members they didn’t need to worry about whether their new districts were oddly shaped or not.
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Jacksonville’s City Council won’t try to comply with the Voting Rights Act in court-ordered redistricting
The Jacksonville City Council will not attempt to comply with the Voting Rights Act in its proposed district maps, a city lawyer and council members announced at a Tuesday committee meeting.
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Plaintiffs propose new Jacksonville City Council map
Jacksonville City Council members received a map proposal this week from the same plaintiffs who successfully argued the city’s previous districts were racially gerrymandered.
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ANALYSIS: What could Jacksonville’s new City Council maps look like?
Here’s how you could re-draw the Jacksonville City Council district lines after a federal court struck down the last ones as racial gerrymanders.
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Jacksonville hires redistricting expert to draw new maps after racial gerrymandering ruling
The Jacksonville City Council will pass new maps by the court’s established deadline, Council President Terrance Freeman said.
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Jacksonville says there’s “not enough” time to draw council districts after racial gerrymandering order
The Jacksonville City Council has yet to hold a single redistricting meeting in the week since a court ordered new maps, yet the City Council says it doesn’t have enough time.
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DeSantis’ redistricting lawyer hired to fight Jacksonville City Council’s racial gerrymandering ruling
The Jacksonville City Council stacked its new redistricting committee with Republicans and hired a prominent conservative redistricting lawyer to appeal a court order finding the council’s districts were racially gerrymandered.