An early redistricting deal: House to follow Senate approach on maps

by John Kennedy | December 2nd, 2011

House Redistricting Chairman Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, has reached an accord with Senate counterpart Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, on redrawing political boundaries for the Legislature.

The Senate this week unveiled plans only for the Senate and Congress. And the House next week will follow suit with proposals that rework lines only for Florida’s congressional seats and the House.

In other words, the House will accept senators’ proposals for redrawing their own boundaries — and the House expects the Senate to accept its proposal for reshaping those districts. Only the state’s congressional lines would be subject to competing plans from the two chambers, under this approach.

Weatherford made the deal known Friday in a letter to members of the House’s redistricting panels. The House proposals are slated to be showcased Tuesday.

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2 Responses to “An early redistricting deal: House to follow Senate approach on maps”

Mullet Says:
December 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 am
All that hard nosed negotiatin’. Must have brutal on them!
Tim Says:
December 4th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
The gerrymandering is almost complete. Now with the voter suppression law just passed, the GOP strangle hold on Florida’s politics should be the start of another Thousand Year Reich.