March 28, 2024
The judges said plaintiffs failed to show the Legislature was discriminating when it eliminated a majority-Black congressional district in North…
March 4, 2024
Judge won’t order special election for gerrymandered Duval School Board
School Board members Darryl Willie and Charlotte Joyce will keep their positions without a new election this year.…
December 1, 2023
Court backs DeSantis on North Florida redistricting
The 1st District Court of Appeal upheld the elimination of a majority-Black district stretching from Jacksonville to Tallahassee.…
August 25, 2023
Judge expresses doubts over state’s redistricting arguments
A Florida judge pressed the state’s lawyers on whether they were asking him to contradict past precedent.…
August 23, 2023
Is Voting Rights Act on trial in Florida? Redistricting case could have broad impact
A redistricting battle over a North Florida congressional district could have national implications for Black voting rights.…
May 30, 2023
Judge accepts Jacksonville’s redistricting settlement
The city will pay $100,000 in a lawsuit that alleged City Council maps were racially gerrymandered.…
April 21, 2023
Jacksonville may settle redistricting lawsuit — and pay $100,000
Jacksonville City Council will consider whether to accept a court-ordered map and pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees.…
March 28, 2023
Jacksonville seeks to halt redistricting appeal
The move indicates Jacksonville may be on the verge of settling with the NAACP and other plaintiffs.…
February 23, 2023
Lawsuit seeks to remove Jacksonville candidate from ballot
Democrat Charles Garrison, an at-large candidate for Jacksonville City Council, challenged the residency of fellow Democrat Nahshon Nicks.…
January 6, 2023
Court rejects Jacksonville’s appeal in redistricting case
A federal appeals panel upheld an order requiring the city to use City Council districts drawn by plaintiffs in a…
January 5, 2023
Court alters residency requirement for City Council election
U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard waived a requirement that candidates in some districts live there for six months.…
December 30, 2022
Jacksonville asks court to waive residency requirement for City Council candidates
The city of Jacksonville has asked a federal court on Wednesday to waive a requirement that City Council candidates live in…
December 23, 2022
Jacksonville will appeal judge’s rejection of election maps
The Jacksonville City Council will appeal a judge’s order requiring the city to implement an election map drawn by civil…
December 12, 2022
Jacksonville redistricting process raises questions of Sunshine Law violations
According to the version of events that Jacksonville’s city lawyers told a federal court, the City Council passed a redistricting…
November 18, 2022
Plaintiffs ask court to reject Jacksonville redistricting map
The Jacksonville City Council failed to fix the problems with its original redistricting plan, plaintiffs argued Friday in a court…
November 4, 2022
Jacksonville City Council plans to vote today on new district maps
The Jacksonville City Council plans to vote Friday on new district maps after the old ones were struck down as…
October 21, 2022
Jacksonville hires redistricting expert after gerrymandering ruling
A day after Jacksonville argued in court that it didn’t have enough time to pass new redistricting maps, City Council President…
October 17, 2022
City Council will fight racial gerrymandering order
The Jacksonville City Council has decided to appeal a federal court order that found the city had likely racially gerrymandered…
October 12, 2022
Judge strikes down Jacksonville redistricting as racial gerrymandering
A federal judge has struck down seven Jacksonville City Council and three Duval School Board districts in the racial gerrymandering…
August 25, 2022
5 takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Jacksonville
Voters across Florida cast ballots Tuesday in the state’s first primary elections after redistricting changed the lines for Congress and…