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Florida House passes redistricting maps in Week 4
Political Pulse | Posted: February 3, 2012 3:32 PM
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House of Representatives voted along party lines Friday for new political maps that would reflect the state’s growing diversity, but which critics contend would perpetuate the engineering of one-party control of government.
The 80-37 votes for new legislative and congressional maps came after parts of two days spent debating whether the 2010 anti-gerrymandering reforms adopted by voters required lawmakers to craft plans that more evenly divide the political parties — or protect minority voting-rights above all else.
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