Fair Districts Florida
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House of Representatives and Senate
CONTACT:
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Feature Articles
Editorials around the state HRJ 7231/Fair Districts
Citizens File Lawsuit To Remove Poison Pill, Amendment 7,
From November Ballot
Press release from LWF of Florida, May 21, 2010
Charlie Crist's redistricting stance riles Republicans
MARY ELLEN KLAS
Miami Herald/posted on Fri, May 21, 2010
Fineout: FairDistricts crying foul over ballot placement
From reporter Gary Fineout’s Web site, the Florida Tribune:
Party Lines (arguments for and against redistricting)
Florida Trend March 2010
What's Wrong with this Picture? / Floridians Call for Fair Representation
Summary of Legislative addition to Fair Districts Amendments
FAIR DISTRICTS--THE “GAME CHANGER” WE NEED
Anne Geiger, Co-President, League of Women Voters of Orange County
REDISTRICTING DRAMA: LAWMAKERS SHOW FEAR OF FAIRNESS
Tallahassee Democrat Editorial -- February 15, 2010
Weekly Roundup – A Fair Fight?
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government)
Keith Laing, The News Service of Florida, Feb 12, 2010
Fair-districting: You can see the difference
Scott Maxwell Orlando Sentinel February, 2 2010
End the Gerrymandering for Good
Miami Herald editorial, January 31, 2010
Let the voters speak
St. Petersburg Times editorial, Friday, January 29, 2010
No more tax giveaways
John Hall, Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy
St. Petersburg Times, January 28, 2010
My Word: Fair Districts give vote back
Nancy Rudner Lugo Orlando Sentinel January 27, 2010
A BETTER WAY TO ELECT OUR
LEADERS
Deirdre Macnab Miami Herald Op. Ed. -- January 18, 2010
Redistricting
issue already running up lawyers' fees
Shannon Colavecchio The Miami Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau January
19, 2010
Fair districts?
Parties unite in opposition
Scott Maxwell/Taking Names January 12, 2010 OrlandoSentinel.com
Legislative
districts face shake-up at ballot box
Gary Fineout, Ocala Star Banner, November 29, 2009
Advice
from Grandma
Tom Friedman op-ed, New York Times, November 22, 2009
Gerrymandering
the Movie
www.gerrymanderingmovie.com
Redistricting
– the View from California
Sharon H. Jimenez
After further review
Follow up to his previous article supporting legislative changes, including
Fair Districts, with readers' suggestions for improvements.
By Howard Troxler
St. Pete Times, May 13, 2009
Groups
push to end gerrymandering in state
Dale White
Sarasota Herald Tribune Friday, March 27, 2009
By Republicans,
for Republicans
Why we should change the way we draw districts
Jeffrey C. Billman
Orlando Weekly March 23, 2009
It's time to tackle dirty little secret of
politics
Scott Maxwell
Orlando Sentinel March 18, 2009
Redistricting with Fairness Just
Might Have a Chance
The Supremes have done something quite brave, giving the go-forward nod
to an organization that wants to help take the politics out of redistricting
our legislative and Congressional seats.
Mary Ann Lindley, Editorial Page Editor
Tallahassee Democrat editorial February 1, 2009
GOP
could have weaker grip on redrawing districts
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for a
2010 ballot amendment designed to end political gamesmanship in drawing
district boundaries...
Josh Hafenbrack |Tallahasee Bureau
Orlando Sentinel January 30, 2009
Redistricting
changes clear a Florida court hurdle
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a group trying
to place strict guidelines on legislative redistricting had met the legal
requirements to go on the 2010 ballot.
Josh Hafenbrack |Tallahassee Bureau
Orlando Sentinel January 29, 2009
Our Views: No Gerrymandering
Sen. Haridopolos Should Lead Charge To Change Flawed Redistricting
Process
Haridopolos has been named chairman of the Legislature's reapportionment
committee...
Florida Today Editorial -- December 21, 2008
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