The Jacksonville City Council has decided to appeal a federal court order that found the city had likely racially gerrymandered its district lines.
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‘Racial segregation’: Federal judge blocks Jacksonville City Council districts as racial gerrymanders
Jacksonville’s City Council districts struck down as racial gerrymanders in the federal redistricting case.
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‘They’re not compact. They’re sprawling.’: Federal judge probes Jacksonville City Council redistricting
A federal court heard arguments in the Jacksonville City Council racial gerrymandering case.
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A federal judge will hear Jacksonville’s racial gerrymandering case Friday
Civil rights groups and Jacksonville’s city attorneys will battle in federal court Friday in a hearing that could decide whether the city’s council districts are tossed or kept before the coming 2023 elections.
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Redistricting activists ask judge to toss Jacksonville City Council districts before 2023 election
Activists asked a federal judge Friday to block the city’s new council district maps in the ongoing Jacksonville redistricting lawsuit, the first step in speeding up the lawsuit ahead of the 2023 elections.
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For decades, Jacksonville City Council redistricted based off ‘misinformation’
For decades, the Jacksonville City Council redistricting planpacked as many Black voters as possible based on a misreading of court rulings.
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Voting-rights groups will ask judge to toss City Council districts before 2023 elections in Jacksonville redistricting lawsuit case
A federal judge said she will hold a hearing in September to decide whether to block the Jacksonville City Council maps ahead of the 2023 city elections.
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Judge lifts stay in Florida redistricting lawsuit, ordering new map
A Tallahassee judge lifted a stay in a Florida redistricting lawsuit, ordering election officials to begin using a map that preserves a Black congressional district in North Florida.
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Jacksonville sued for council’s alleged racially gerrymandered redistricting
Civil-rights groups sued Jacksonville for allegedly racially gerrymandering its City Council districts in its new redistricting plan.
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Mayor Curry signs City Council redistricting map
Mayor Lenny Curry signed Jacksonville’s controversial redistricting plan that activists say disenfranchises Black voters by packing them into a few City Council districts.