From Allison Riggs Takes Lead Challenging Redistricting Plans that Would Hurt Minority Voters in Florida
Allison Riggs Takes Lead Challenging Redistricting Plans that Would Hurt Minority Voters in Florida
SCSJ staff attorney, Allison Riggs is taking the lead representing the Florida NAACP in a heated redistricting battle over senate districts 9 (Duval County) and 31 (Broward County). Earlier this year the state Supreme Court invalidated the first redrawn senate plan and the senate was forced to try again. Now that the new plans have been proposed, Riggs and her co-counsel are arguing that the plans diminish the ability of African Americans in those districts to elect candidates of their choice and are in violation to the state’s constitutional amendment to protect minority voting rights. Riggs says, “Our issue is that we are arguing that they really haven’t looked at racially polarized voting. They have looked at some election data but it is not sufficient. We are going to argue in front of the Florida Supreme Court that no one is taking into proper account what is necessary for black voters or any voters of color.”
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Attached file/s:
FL NAACP Supreme Court Opposition Brief 4 9 2012 FINAL w electronic signature.pdf