A group of residents from Tampa and St. Pete is coming together to sue the state over a senate map finalized in early 2022.

Morgan Rynor reports it appears the case will not be resolved before a candidate qualifying deadline for the November elections.

A Florida appeals court decision recently gave Gov. Ron DeSantis a victory in the fight to maintain the state's redrawn congressional map. The decision on Friday overruled a state judge's ruling in an 8-2 vote arguing the Florida Legislature didn’t violate the state constitution when it approved congressional maps pushed by DeSantis. Plaintiffs are filing suit both in the state and federal courts arguing that redistricting diminishes Black voter representation. The redrawn map divided District 2 and all but eliminated District 5 in North Florida, a seat held by Democrat Rep. Al Lawson, a Black congressman. ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay

A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday. Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh sent the plan back to the Florida Legislature with instructions that lawmakers should draw a new congressional map that complies with the Florida Constitution. The voting rights groups that challenged the plan in court “have shown that the enacted plan results in the diminishment of Black voters’ ability to elect their candidate of choice in violation of the Florida Constitution,” Marsh wrote. For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/desantis-redistricting-map-florida-unconstitutional-redrawn/67-d8d0eb40-5811-40fb-8fb8-687edcfcb2d1 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt another blow to plaintiffs in the ongoing legal battle over Miami’s political redistricting Thursday.

According to those who sued over this, this new agreement strengthens their case to bring the district back and is a major step forward for Black voters. ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay

After being dealt a legal blow Friday in their efforts to keep a “racially gerrymandered” electoral map from being used in this November’s Miami city commission election, plaintiffs suing the city are taking their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Miami’s redistricting saga took another turn Monday after a court placed a temporary halt on a new city commission district map ordered in place by a federal judge the day prior.

The City of Miami is facing a deadline of August 1st to comply with a new voting map, which the city claims is too soon for implementation.