After racial gerrymandering ruling, residents can get involved in Miami’s new district map

A federal judge has denied the City of Miami’s attempt to hold onto its district map, which has been accused of being “racially gerrymandered,” and now community groups are looking for resident input on their vision for Miami’s next map.

Last month, Judge K. Michael Moore ordered Miami’s administration to toss out its map of the city’s five commission districts after plaintiffs represented by the ACLU of Florida argued that the city drew the map predominantly on the basis of race. READ MORE AT

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