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Pro-voting groups asked the Florida Supreme Court to block the state's new GOP congressional gerrymander 😒
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/pro-voting-groups-ask-florida-supreme-court-to-block-gop-gerrymander/Pro-voting groups asked the Florida Supreme Court Thursday to block the state’s new GOP congressional gerrymander and let the 2026 elections move forward under the 2022 map, warning that Republican officials are trying to run out the clock before voters can get relief.
The emergency filing marks a dramatic escalation in the fight over Florida’s 2026 congressional map, which voting rights advocates say was drawn to lock in Republican power before the midterms.
The petitioners* are asking the state Supreme Court to step in now — before congressional qualifying begins Monday — after lower courts refused to stop the map from being used this cycle.
“This petition presents a simple question: whether Florida’s political branches can openly defy the Florida Constitution and escape judicial review for an entire election cycle simply by attempting to run out the clock,” the petitioners wrote. “The answer from this Court should be a resounding no.”
At issue is Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment, the anti-gerrymandering reform voters approved in 2010 to stop politicians from drawing congressional districts to benefit themselves or their party.
The petitioners argue that the 2026 map was drawn in open defiance of that constitutional protection and that the Florida Supreme Court must act before the election calendar makes meaningful relief impossible.
The emergency filing marks a dramatic escalation in the fight over Florida’s 2026 congressional map, which voting rights advocates say was drawn to lock in Republican power before the midterms.
The petitioners* are asking the state Supreme Court to step in now — before congressional qualifying begins Monday — after lower courts refused to stop the map from being used this cycle.
“This petition presents a simple question: whether Florida’s political branches can openly defy the Florida Constitution and escape judicial review for an entire election cycle simply by attempting to run out the clock,” the petitioners wrote. “The answer from this Court should be a resounding no.”
At issue is Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment, the anti-gerrymandering reform voters approved in 2010 to stop politicians from drawing congressional districts to benefit themselves or their party.
The petitioners argue that the 2026 map was drawn in open defiance of that constitutional protection and that the Florida Supreme Court must act before the election calendar makes meaningful relief impossible.
Pro-voting groups asked the Florida Supreme Court to block the state’s new GOP congressional gerrymander and let the 2026 elections move forward under the 2022 map, warning that Republican officials are trying to run out the clock before voters can get relief. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-06-05T02:04:38.188Z