A.G. Gancarski
As James Rosica reported, Florida Judge Terry Lewis on Friday endorsed the Congressional Districts map drawn by League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause.
That was a setback for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who issued a news release signalling her opposition to what she called an attempt to disenfranchise minority voters in CD 5.
As she said in August, she said she intends to take legal action.
“The newly drawn, partisan map is a blatant attempt by the plaintiffs and Florida State Supreme Court to disenfranchise minority voters in Congressional District 5. As a response, in accordance with the 1965 Voting Rights Act, I have filed a federal lawsuit to repeal the proposed congressional map,” Brown stated. “The proposed congressional maps will bring about minority vote dilution and hamper the ability of Congressional District 5’s minority residents to elect a candidate of their choice, since the base map entirely dilutes and disperses minority communities.
A possible line of argument for Brown: Janet Adkins’ ham-handed “inside ball game“ declaration of the GOP strategy to defeat Brown by packing prisons in her district, whose inmates skew disproportionately African-American, and who cannot vote.
