Charting the future

A change in Florida’s district lines may yet be in store for Florida’s congressional delegation this year.

Leadership for the Florida House on Thursday announced the formation of a Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, which follows weeks of Gov. Ron DeSantis raising the prospect of redrawing Florida’s lines — or even making a play for more U.S. House seats in a new Census.

Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez, in a memo to state lawmakers, said the July ruling by the Florida Supreme Court upholding the current congressional map and calling protections of minority access seats into question warranted a review of the cartography.

“Exploring these questions now, at the mid-decade point, would potentially allow us to seek legal guidance from our Su

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