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The FairDistricts fight continues. More info: http://www.fairdistrictsnow.org/home/
MiamiHerald.com (06/14/11)
Upcoming public hearings across Florida on legislative and congressional redistricting are a “charade” because lawmakers have yet to draw up any proposed maps that citizens can comment upon, a coalition dedicated to preventing gerrymandering declared …
Palm Beach Post (06/14/11)
By BRANDON LARRABEE TALLAHASSEE — Supporters of a new set of constitutional standards for redistricting are calling on lawmakers to accelerate the once-a-decade process of redrawing the state lines and remove a “gag order” they say has been placed on …
Orlando Sentinel (06/14/11)
By khaughney
Fair Districts, Common Cause, Democracia and the Florida League of Women Voters sent a letter to Senate President Mike Haridopolos, House Speaker Dean Cannon and redistricting chairs Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and Rep. …
The Florida Independent (06/14/11)
By Cooper Levey-Baker
An “unprecedented” part of “the most open, transparent, interactive” redistricting process ever, or a “sham” designed by Florida lawmakers to placate the public while they work to draw new district lines to benefit themselves?
The Miami Herald (06/14/11)
By Mary Ellen Klas
In a letter to House Speaker Dean Cannon and Senate President Mike Haridopolos this morning, the League of Women Voters, NAACP and other advocacy groups working with the Democrat-backed Fair Districts Florida, strongly protested the gag …
By Capital Soup Editor
TALLAHASSEE – Senate President Mike Haridopolos made the follow statement about the 2012 redistricting process. Article III, Section 16 of the FloridaConstitution requires the Legislature to redraw legislative districts during the 2012 …
WEAR – ABC News 3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A group trying to prevent gerrymandering says upcoming public hearings on redistricting are a “sham.” Fair Districts Now leaders said Tuesday that’s because lawmakers…