February 23, 2023
Democrat Charles Garrison, an at-large candidate for Jacksonville City Council, challenged the residency of fellow Democrat Nahshon Nicks.…
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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…