A Florida judge on Saturday struck down congressional district lines for northern Florida advocated by Gov. Ron DeSantis, ruling that the Republican governor’s map had improperly diluted Black voting power.
Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh concluded that the congressional boundaries – which essentially dismantled the seat once held by Al Lawson, a Black Democrat – violated the state’s constitution, which protects minority-access districts.
Marsh’s order blocks the state from using the map in congressional elections and orders the legislature to draw a new one. The DeSantis administration is expected to quickly appeal the case all the way to the Florida Supreme Court.
How would any of that help when the maps are what determines the vote and the maps are stacked?
There are far more elections than you’re giving credit to. Those elections can make a major difference down the line. Something like judges and sheriffs. As frustrating as it is that the system is broken, the answer isn’t to give up and do nothing. It isn’t to be defeatist. It’s to do the bare minimum that you can do (which is voting) to at least attempt to change it. Otherwise you’re just becoming part of the muck keeping everyone else in place.
Except the judges are already saying this is wrong… No one said anything about giving up but the reality is what can you actually do about THIS situation?