Census released the data on which to base them, the maps are supposed to follow the leadership-driven guidelines set by the committee with little discussion at its Oct.
The maps will be reviewed next week by the Senate redistricting committees during the special session on vaccine mandates, and, while this appears to give the Senate a head start over the House, it demonstrates the top-down nature of the redistricting process as GOP leaders attempt to avoid the legal challenges that resulted in courts throwing out their maps a decade ago.
By contrast, the House redistricting committee has not planned any similar meetings and has no plans to release its draft maps at this time. The Senate guidelines, written by Rodrigues, an Estero Republican, in consultation with the lawyers hired by the Republican-led Senate leadership, required the staff to follow standards that Rodrigues and the lawyers have determined comply with the Fair District amendments to the state Constitution and court decisions from the redistricting cycle.
However, while Senate staff will draw maps based on those guidelines, the Senate leaders have refused to release all the data the committee will use to draw the maps. Michael McDonald, a redistricting expert and political science professor at the University of Florida, said on Twitter Monday that he has requested the data, but the Senate has not complied.
Legislative leaders have urged their colleagues to retain all related documents in the event the redistricting maps are challenged in court, however they also have refused to commit to releasing their documents under the public records act.
In his memo to the Senate, Rodrigues downplayed the role of outside analysts and independent experts in evaluating the maps. Several organizations have emerged to say they will download the Florida maps and produce their own analysis to help Florida voters assess whether legislators are abiding by the Fair District goals of not protecting incumbents or political parties. Us, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for state and local transparency and anti-corruption law, held a news conference in Tallahassee last week and announced that it plans to evaluate every map produced by Florida lawmakers to determine whether they will perform the way legislators describe it.
Constituents do not wait for a public meeting to make their voices heard. He announced that there will be additional rules for anyone from the public who testifies and offers an alternative map for the Senate to review. For more information about enacted plans, visit the Redistricting Site.
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