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.
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Jacksonville City Council appeals racial gerrymandering ruling in redistricting case
The Jacksonville City Council has decided to appeal a federal court order that found the city had likely racially gerrymandered its district lines.
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‘Racial segregation’: Federal judge blocks Jacksonville City Council districts as racial gerrymanders
Jacksonville’s City Council districts struck down as racial gerrymanders in the federal redistricting case.
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How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law
DeSantis’ move, secretly aided by GOP-linked national operatives, came over the objections of the Republican-controlled state legislature.
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‘They’re not compact. They’re sprawling.’: Federal judge probes Jacksonville City Council redistricting
A federal court heard arguments in the Jacksonville City Council racial gerrymandering case.
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A federal judge will hear Jacksonville’s racial gerrymandering case Friday
Civil rights groups and Jacksonville’s city attorneys will battle in federal court Friday in a hearing that could decide whether the city’s council districts are tossed or kept before the coming 2023 elections.
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Redistricting activists ask judge to toss Jacksonville City Council districts before 2023 election
Activists asked a federal judge Friday to block the city’s new council district maps in the ongoing Jacksonville redistricting lawsuit, the first step in speeding up the lawsuit ahead of the 2023 elections.