Florida has had it with the partisan manueverings of the DOJ and the state has not yet entered the redistricting review phase. At the link.
Secretary of State Kurt Browning is challenging a constitutional requirement that a new voter law go through a “preclearance” process either through the Department of Justice or the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia.
“I am hopeful the federal court will come to a quick resolution and approve the remaining provisions of our preclearance submission as nondiscriminatory,” Browning said in a prepared statement. “However, I am frustrated that the reason we are still waiting to implement Florida law in five counties is because of an arbitrary and irrational coverage formula based on data from 40 years ago that takes no account of current conditions.”
Florida is going to court, amending their initial complaint, and now directly challenging the constitutiionality of DOJ’s “arbitrary” and apparently new “holilistic” approach to the preclearance process and a helplessly outdated coverage formula. Add Florida to the list of states, including Arizona, Texas, South Carolina and Georgia, who are are walking with their feet to federal court and, if necessary, pray for relief at the Supreme Court.