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House passes new redistricting maps along party lines
Florida Politics | Posted: February 3, 2012 3:33 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 continue to engineer 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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