Via Sunshine State News:
U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown and Mario Diaz-Balart have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at overhauling how congressional boundaries are drawn.
Brown, D-Jacksonville, and Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, earlier this year testified before legislative committees against the FairDistricts proposal, Amendment 6 on the November ballot. The lawsuit, filed late Monday in Leon County Circuit Court, echoes the lawmakers’ testimony that the measure misleads voters and could hurt minority representation in Congress.
“Amendment 6 is riddled with inconsistencies and, if passed, would set unworkable standards in drawing districts,” said Diaz-Balart, a four-term congressman who served 14 years in the Legislature.
The lawsuit is the latest swipe in what has emerged as a steady barrage of exchanges between the state’s political parties and allied organizations divided over the Legislature’s 2012 redrawing of district lines for legislative and congressional seats. Redistricting is likely to shape partisan political fortunes across Florida for the decade ahead.