Leon County Likely to Remain Split Among Two Congressional Districts
September 24th, 2015 by Mike Vasilinda
Circuit Judge Terry Lewis held the first of what could be a three day hearing into new congressional maps after the old maps were ruled unconstitutional and lawmakers failed to draw new maps. A total of seven maps were submitted by opposing sides. All seven split Tallahassee and the State Capitol into two different Congressional districts, leaving the judge little choice but to accept the split. League of Women Voters Attorney David Kind call the split unavoidable.
“The problem there is its very difficult to accommodate the minority district in North Florida. And when it runs east-west, that results, unfortunately, in the split of Leon County” King told us.
The Florida Supreme Court could order new maps drawn or accept the map Lewis recommends in October.
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