Redistricting

Florida House supporters of redistricting want to do it during the legislative session, which begins in mid-January. But the Senate president and Gov. Ron DeSantis want to wait for a court decision.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we looked at the congressional redistricting efforts in the Florida House, how Florida lawmakers might regulate artificial intelligence and more.

Neither the House, the Senate, or Gov. Ron DeSantis seem to be on the same page about how to approach redistricting. But opponents are unified, saying it would be undemocratic and unlawful.

Florida leaders are looking at changing the congressional map, which already favors Republicans. Voting rights advocates call this dangerous.

The Florida House is set to hold its first congressional redistricting committee meeting on Thursday.

Florida's elected leaders are calling for unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. Many of their constituents don't want it, a poll finds.

The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in Miami, is one of a series of legal battles stemming from the 2022 redistricting process.

On "The Florida Roundup," the state's new chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, discussed auditing local governments and a timeline for when findings will be released.

Democratic Congressman Maxwell Frost said that President Trump and other Republicans are acting out of fear because their policies are unpopular with voters.

Plaintiffs claimed the district — which in recent years has been represented by Black Democrat Darryl Rouson — was racially gerrymandered.

Redistricting typically happens once a decade after the U.S. census. The last round of redistricting happened in 2022.

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants an unprecedented mid-decade census to boost Florida's congressional representation. Even if that doesn't happen, he's looking at how to rework the U.S. House map anyway.