City of Miami settles racial gerrymandering lawsuit with voting rights groups
The City of Miami officially has a new, ostensibly constitutional, voting map.
After a last-minute delay earlier this month that could’ve brought serious legal repercussions, the Miami City Commission approved a settlement agreement between the City of Miami and a collection of voting rights groups who sued the city for racially gerrymandering the city’s five districts in 2022.
As previously reported by WLRN, the settlement agreement includes a new map drawn by the plaintiffs and their attorneys from the ACLU of Florida and Dechert LLP. The new map redraws the five districts to align with natural boundaries like the Miami River, railroad tracks and major roadways, and reconnects existing neighborhoods into single districts.
Commissioners approved the settlement agreement in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Joe Carollo as the sole "no" vote.
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