Florida’s Redrawn Map Signed by DeSantis Triggers Another Lawsuit

The newly drawn district map in Florida, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), is already triggering a flurry of lawsuits.

DeSantis this week shared an image of the new map, formally announcing his approval, writing, “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered.”

However, on Tuesday, yet another lawsuit bubbled up. Common Cause, the League of Women Voters Florida, as well as the League of United Latin American Citizens filed a lawsuit in Florida’s Second Circuit Court in Leon County, according to Click Orlando. That now makes three lawsuits challenging the newly-drawn map.

One of the organizations, Common Cause, claims to take issue with gerrymandering as well as other issues such as voter ID, or as they call it, voter “suppression.”

“The Governor’s ploy to impose maps for an unfair partisan advantage is exactly why voters made it illegal in 2010 — and why we’re going to court,” Common Cause’s Florida Executive Director Amy