The judge found that the map violates the state constitution by diluting the Black vote in a northern Florida district.
Republican legislature and pushed by Governor Ron DeSantis, ruling that it violated state law by drawing Black voters out of a north Florida district.
The originally adopted version of the map reduces Florida's 5th District to nearly a third of its original size, while dispersing about 370,000 Black voters among four other districts, according to evidence brought to the court by the map's challengers and voting rights groups. Mohammad Omar Jazil, an attorney for Florida's secretary of state, noted that a stay on Smith's decision would automatically be triggered if defendants file an appeal. Democratic Congressman Al Lawson, who represents Florida's 5th District, said he was pleased by Smith's decision and said"it is critical to maintain congressional district 5, so minority voters have a voice at the ballot box in November.
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