The Tampa Bay Times revealed that Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez formed the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting.
Perez hopes to finish a map by midterms:
Perez, in his memo, said that they were only focusing on the Congressional map because “we do not have the capacity to engage in the full redistricting process” that lawmakers completed just a few years ago.As of last week, Florida Senate President Ben Albritton had declined to comment on whether or not the Senate would be open to redrawing Florida’s maps.Gov. Ron DeSantis has encouraged the Florida Legislature to redraw the Congressional map, despite his office drafting the map that Florida currently has in place.
DeSantis believes redrawing the map would eliminate Florida’s underrepresentation.
“The population has shifted around Florida just since the Census was done in 2020,” claimed DeSantis.
DeSantis is not wrong.
Florida experienced an influx of new residents thanks to the blue states’ draconian COVID laws.
Florida’s population has grown 8.2% since 2020, making it the fastest-growing state. That’s 1.8 million new residents!
The state currently has 23.4 million people.
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