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Democracy Docket
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NEW: Voters and a pro-voting group sued to block the Florida GOP’s newly enacted congressional gerrymander, arguing it violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering. The lawsuit cites testimony from the map-drawer who admitted to lawmakers during the special session that he used partisan data.

democracydocket.com‘One of the most extreme gerrymanders in American history’: Voters sue to block Florida’s new mapFlorida Republicans raced to enact the map with minimal public input and despite sharp criticism from Democrats — as well as unease within their own party.

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kjkram.bsky.social
@kjkram.bsky.social

The Alito test for this is really easy: does the gerrymander have a disparate impact on white Republican voters? If not, there is no case. That’s what the 14th/15th Amendments are about, right? Right?