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No, Florida, You May Not Count Prisoners Who Can’t Vote in Redistricting Tallies

March 22, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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A federal judge has struck down county commission districts in a rural North Florida county — a potentially precedent-setting decision that could play into a challenge of the state’s congressional lines.

Supreme Court Approves Congressional Districts; Flagler’s Stays Whole, Inching Left

December 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The congressional district the Supreme Court approves keeps Flagler County whole, shedding Putnam and moving it south to take in more of Volusia County, which will help Democrats slightly.

Legislature on Defensive After Congressional Redistricting Fight Reaches Supreme Court

November 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A key Florida Supreme Court justice sounded skeptical Tuesday about the Legislature’s proposal for a contested South Florida district in a battle over the map for the state’s congressional delegation.

3rd Special Session Implodes as Senate Kills Redistricting Plan and Blames Fair Law

November 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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This time, instead of blaming each other, GOP leaders blamed a pair of voter-approved constitutional amendments that ban political gerrymandering in legislative and congressional redistricting.

House Pitches New Redistricting Senate Map, But Hutson’s District Would Still Shift South

October 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Rep. Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, said in a memo to House members that his proposal for the 40 state Senate districts was inspired in part by a plan floated by the League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause Florida.

Hutson’s District Boundaries Would Shed Putnam for Daytona But Leave Flagler and St. Johns Whole

October 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Even Senate supporters of the map say they aren’t sure whether House leaders will accept the proposal before a redistricting special session ends next week.

Lawmakers and Judge Turn to Supreme Court to Break Congressional Map Stalemate

August 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A Leon County judge will ask the Florida Supreme Court how to move forward with a redistricting lawsuit after the Legislature failed to draw new congressional lines in a special session that collapsed last week. Circuit Judge Terry Lewis told lawyers for the House and Senate at a conference Tuesday that he wants to hear […]

Lawmakers Can’t Get It Done: Redistricting Session Collapses, Leaving It Up to Courts

August 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The end of the session without agreement on the shape of Florida’s 27 congressional districts likely means the final decision will be made by the courts, though some lawmakers held out slim hopes for a resolution in the coming days that could avoid such an outcome.

House and Senate at Odds Over Congressional Map, But No Disagreement Over Flagler District

August 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The 6th Congressional District would be redrawn southward, losing most of St. Johns County and all of Putnam, and taking on all of Volusia and a segment of Lake, thus pushing the district more to the center than it’s been.

Clashing Again, Florida House and Senate Are on Collision Course Over Redistricting

August 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The House and Senate seemed unconcerned about whether they could reconcile their differences before the scheduled conclusion of the special session on Friday. They all but ruled out forming a joint House-Senate conference committee to hammer out a compromise.

House Committee Approves District Joining Flagler, Volusia, Drips of Lake and St. Johns

August 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The shift may be reflective of the weakness of the region’s legislative delegation: neither Sen. Travis Hutson nor Paul Renner, rookies both, has pull in his respective house, neither has bargaining chips to deal with.

New Congressional Maps Proposed in Face of Criticism, One Restoring Flagler’s Right Tilt

August 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Changes to a proposed map of Florida’s 27 congressional districts emerged Wednesday, a day before key hearings in the House and Senate about how to comply with a court order finding the current map violates the anti-gerrymandering “Fair Districts” requirements.

Sen. Travis Hutson Joins Chorus of Opposition to New Congressional Map, Objecting to Split

August 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Sen. Travis Hutson opposes changes to the congressional district that include Flagler because they would split St. Johns, Hutson’s base, while taking in all of Volusia.

GOP Opens Special Session With Complaints That Fair Districts Infringe on Free Speech

August 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Senators scolded the Florida Supreme Court for trampling on their First Amendment rights as lawmakers began a special session Monday aimed at redrawing congressional districts the court said were gerrymandered to help the Republican Party.

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown Goes to Court
To Stop Her District From Heading West

August 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Brown is hoping to intervene in the lawsuit and get judges to order the Legislature not to reorient the district, which currently ambles from Jacksonville to Orlando.

Flagler’s Congressional District Would Lose Putnam and Most of St. Johns But Pick Up Volusia

August 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The change suggests that the district would tilt left somewhat, compared to its current makeup, which could favor Democrats. A special session of the Legislature will decide the final boundaries in accordance with a Supreme Court Order.

Supreme Court Declares Numerous Congressional Districts Corruptly Drawn, Forcing Another Special Session

July 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The court ruled the congressional map was corrupted by the efforts of Republican political consultants, violating an anti-gerrymandering constitutional amendment voters approved in 2010. The Legislature must draw new districts within 100 days.

Florida Legislature Tells Supreme Court That Fair District Amendment Is “Unenforceable”

December 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Lawyers for the Legislature told the Florida Supreme Court in a brief filed late Friday that part of a state ban on political gerrymandering violates the U.S. Constitution.

Florida Supreme Court Orders GOP Consultant to Release Redistricting Records

November 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The documents were requested by voting-rights organizations challenging the state’s congressional districts as Republican political consultant Pat Bainter refused to disclose them. Several media organizations also filed a “friend of the court” brief arguing for the documents’ release.

Weekly Roundup: Redistricting Fight Continues, Utility Customers Bilked Again, DCF’s Woes

October 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

With Gov. Rick Scott, the entire Cabinet and many of the state’s 160 lawmakers out on the stump campaigning for re-election, the news about government in Florida has largely moved elsewhere.

Far From Over, Florida’s Redistricting Wrangles Now Focus on State Senate Boundaries

September 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The case on redistricting State Senate boundaries is continuing, and could eventually lead to new districts for the 40-member upper chamber, which, like the state House, is currently dominated by Republicans.

Flagler and St. Johns Untouched But District 6 Loses Much of Putnam in Redistricting

August 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County was unaffected, but District 6 had previously included most of Putnam County. It now includes only the southeastern quadrant of Putnam. The changes are not likely to change the ideological make-up of the district, which tilts Republican.

Judge Gives Legislature 2-Week Deadline to Redraw Districts, Upending Primary

August 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Circuit Judge Terry Lewis also the state and local elections supervisors to come up with a new voting schedule for any districts–likely to include Flagler’s–that lawmakers would have to redraw in the wake of his ruling last month that the current congressional map violates the Florida Constitution.

Judge Wary of Redrawing Area’s
Congressional Map Before November Election

July 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Rep. Ron DeSantis, whose congressional district flanks one of the two districts that will have to be redrawn, will have to wait for a judge's decision to know whether the redrawing will take place before or after November. (© FlaglerLive)

So far, the Legislature has declined to appeal Lewis’ ruling, and the state’s attorneys say lawmakers will redraw the map in time for the 2016 elections. But lawyers for the voting-rights groups and voters who sued to overturn the map under the Constitution’s anti-gerrymandering standards say that’s too late.

Judge Throws Out Two of Florida’s Redrawn Congressional Districts, Affecting Flagler

July 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

District 5 wraps itself around much of the western flank of District 6, which includes all of Flagler County. If District 5 is re-drawn, it would likely affect District 6, which is currently represented by Republican Ron DeSantis.

Ordered to Unseal Secret Redistricting Papers, GOP Operative Seeks High Court Intervention

May 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Pat Bainter on Wednesday asked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to issue an emergency stay blocking an order by the Florida Supreme Court less than 24 hours earlier that granted permission for the documents to be used in an ongoing trial challenging the constitutionality of the congressional map approved by the Florida Legislature in 2012.

Florida Supreme Court Green-Lights Trial Challenging Fairness of GOP Redistricting

July 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The 5-2 ruling, which fell along common ideological lines on the court, allows a coalition of voting-rights groups to continue trying to prove that the Senate maps drawn in 2012 violate the anti-gerrymandering “Fair Districts” standards added to the Florida Constitution two years earlier.

Bogus Democracy: How Dark Money Helped Republicans Hold the House and Hurt Voters

December 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A million more Americans voted for Democrats seeking election to the U.S. House of Representatives than Republicans. That advantage did not result in control of the chamber. Redistricting and secret money were key to the disparity.

In a Victory for State GOP, U.S. Justice Department and Florida Judge Approves Redistricting

April 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The approval from the federal government adds to the Florida Supreme Court’s approval of a Senate map on Friday, while a Leon County judge declined to set aside the state’s new congressional maps, saying opponents of the plans had not proven that the Legislature violated new anti-gerrymandering standards in the once-a-decade redistricting process.

Senate’s New Redistricting Map: Flagler District Whole Again, With St. Johns and Putnam

March 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The chairman of the Senate Reapportionment Committee unveiled a new proposal for legislative districts Saturday to answer criticisms from the Florida Supreme Court. The plan creates a much more cohesive district for Flagler.

Special Session of the Legislature Begins Wednesday to Fix Senate’s Gerrymandering

March 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Citing gerrymandering, the Florida Supreme Court threw out eight of the 40 Senate districts, including Flagler County’s District 6, along with the numbering system, which means that most districts have to be redrawn as a special session begins Wednesday.

Florida Redistricting War Changes Front,
From Legislature to Courtroom, as Suits Fly

February 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Within moments of the Senate approving the plan on a bipartisan, 32-5 margin, the Democratic Party announced that several voters working with the party had filed a lawsuit challenging the maps on the grounds that they violate the anti-gerrymandering Fair Districts amendments approved by voters last fall.

Big Opportunities, and Potential Losses, for Flagler Power in State and Federal Redistricting

February 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Between redistricting and term limits, Flagler County for the first time in years could have its biggest chances at direct representation in Tallahassee and Washington–depending on who runs. Some big names are counting themselves out.

House Close to Approving Redistricting Maps as Coalition Charges “One-Party State”

January 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The maps the House panels approved would change Flagler’s place in the congressional district, which would no longer include portions of Orange County, where John Mica is based. If Flagler loses Mica, it would mean losing Mica’s seniority and the benefits of his chairmanship of the powerful House Transportation Committee.

Florida Redistricting: More Transparent Than Fair

January 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Floridians truly have a meaningful voice in the actions taken by the Florida Senate? Paula Dockery, in her last term as a Republican Senator, thinks not, particularly when it comes to redistricting.

Florida House Releases Redistricting Lines Tuesday, Mapping Out Flagler’s Political Future

December 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The House of Representatives panel charged with redrawing the state’s political boundaries will unveil a slate of options for the state’s congressional and state House districts Tuesday, setting the stage for discussions that could affect the balance of power in Florida for a decade.

Strings, Arts Openings, Christmas Parade and More Uniform Follies: This Week in Flagler

December 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A busy week of fun and follies all around. The fun: the Flagler Youth Orchestra’s Christmas concert, Palm Coast’s Christmas parade and new arts show openings. The follies: Another uniform forum, and the Florida House releases its redistricting maps.

County and School Board Agree to New District Lines That Mostly Affect Politicians

September 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The decennial redistricting exercise by the Flagler County Commission and School Board was virtually free of controversy and affects voters almost not at all–unlike legislative and congressional redistricting yet to come.

Judge Throws Out Challenge to Fair District Amendment, Panicking Motley Incumbents

September 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Thanks to Piet Mondrian.

Federal District Judge Ursula Ungaro rejected the argument that the anti-gerrymandering amendment allows voters to meddle in legislative redistricting. Weird alliances between incumbent Democrats and Republicans have formed to keep fighting the voter-approved amendment.

Florida GOP’s Vague Redistricting Schedule Playing Havoc With Election-Year Politics

August 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Critics of the Legislature’s timeline say mass chaos could follow if lawmakers don’t approve maps soon enough to give the attorney general and the Supreme Court enough time to review the plans well in advance of the June 18 opening date for qualifying.

Flagler School Board and County Commission Narrow Redistricting Options to Three

August 17, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler School Board and the Flagler County Commission took less than an hour in a joint meeting Tuesday to eliminate three of six redistricting options. The public weighs in next, at two hearings in September. See all plans.

Election Primer: Amendments 5 and 6 Pit Power Against Voters in Redistricting

October 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Florida’s proposed Amendments 5 and 6 would diminish the power of incumbents and legislative majorities to pick their own voters when they draw up voting districts every 10 years.

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December 6, 2009 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Gerrymandering’s origins had plenty to do with the wily efforts of Elbridge Gerry, governor of Massachusetts in 1812, whose redistricting scheme ensured that Democrats would clobber Federalists in elections.

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