{"id":245,"date":"2023-08-18T17:28:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/press-releases\/summary-judgement-denied-common-cause-challenge-to-discriminatory-florida-congressional-map-moves-forward\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:28:18","slug":"summary-judgement-denied-common-cause-challenge-to-discriminatory-florida-congressional-map-moves-forward","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/press\/summary-judgement-denied-common-cause-challenge-to-discriminatory-florida-congressional-map-moves-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary Judgement Denied – Common Cause Challenge to Discriminatory Florida Congressional Map Moves Forward"},"template":"","class_list":["post-245","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, a federal court denied the state of Florida\u2019s motion for partial summary judgement in a challenge to the state\u2019s racially discriminatory congressional voting map. The ruling by the three-judge panel in Common Cause Florida v. Byrd leaves the case on track to go to trial on September 26th in Tallahassee.","featured_image":"","press_type":149,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[62,105,109,402,404],"related_work":false,"location":12},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Today, a federal court denied the state of Florida\u2019s motion for partial summary judgement in a challenge to the state\u2019s racially discriminatory congressional voting map. The ruling<\/a> by the three-judge panel in Common Cause Florida v. Byrd<\/em> leaves the case on track to go to trial on September 26th<\/sup> in Tallahassee.\r\n\r\nThe lawsuit filed by Common Cause, Fair Districts NOW, the Florida NAACP and 10 individual plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida is looking to replace the congressional voting map passed by Florida\u2019s legislature in February 2022 and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.\u00a0The suit alleges that the map, which was used in the midterm election, was intentionally drawn to dilute the voting power of Black Floridians \u00a0in violation the 14th\u00a0and 15th\u00a0Amendments of the U.S Constitution.\r\n

Statement of Amy Keith, Program Director of Common Cause Florida<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\nToday\u2019s ruling ensures that Floridians will get their day in federal court this fall to challenge this racially discriminatory map. One election under this map in 2022 was one too many and we look forward to pursing this case to ensure that Florida voters have fair maps free of racial discrimination. Many Black voters were stripped of their voice in Congress because of this unfair map that was foisted on the people of Florida by the legislature at the behest of the Governor. We are hopeful that this lawsuit will lead to a new, fair map that enables Florida voters to elect congressional representatives of their choice.\r\n\r\nTo read today\u2019s order, click here<\/a>.\r\n\r\nMore information about the case is available\u00a0here<\/a>."}}]},"yoast_head":"\nSummary Judgement Denied – Common Cause Challenge to Discriminatory Florida Congressional Map Moves Forward - Common Cause Florida<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/press-releases\/summary-judgement-denied-common-cause-challenge-to-discriminatory-florida-congressional-map-moves-forward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summary Judgement Denied – Common Cause Challenge to Discriminatory Florida Congressional Map Moves Forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/press\/summary-judgement-denied-common-cause-challenge-to-discriminatory-florida-congressional-map-moves-forward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Florida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/press-releases\/summary-judgement-denied-common-cause-challenge-to-discriminatory-florida-congressional-map-moves-forward\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/press-releases\/summary-judgement-denied-common-cause-challenge-to-discriminatory-florida-congressional-map-moves-forward\/\",\"name\":\"Summary Judgement Denied – Common Cause Challenge to Discriminatory Florida Congressional Map Moves Forward - 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