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DrScholl
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« on: July 10, 2014, 06:10:56 PM »
FL-5 is drawn to effect FL-10 and you can't redraw FL-5 without redoing FL-10. FL-5 has to pull out of the Orlando area to conform to the standards of the redistricting amendment.
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DrScholl
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2014, 09:12:29 PM »
Moving a few precincts and calling it fixed isn't going to fix the problem. FL-5 is under 50% Black VAP, so it's not VRA protected, which means the shape violates the redistricting amendment. It covers far too many counties and has no purpose other than political gerrymandering, and that is not allowed.
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DrScholl
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2014, 10:02:46 PM »
It's too late for it to change this cycle, any changes would go into effect in 2016.
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