Florida House Leader Calls for Volunteers for Redistricting Committee

Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel

TALLAHASSEE — Under mounting pressure from President Trump to get more Republicans elected to Congress, Florida House Speaker Danny Perez has taken the rare step of putting together a committee to look at redistricting.

The announcement comes the same day Trump said he wants Congress to conduct a mid-decade census that would exclude residents who are not in the country legally.

In a memo to House members Thursday, Perez, R-Miami, stopped short of calling for a special session on redistricting, saying the Legislature didn’t have the time or resources. Instead, he said, he was looking for volunteers to sit on a special committee on redistricting that would convene in October when all the other interim legislative committees are set to begin hearings.

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Republicans gained four seats with the 2022 map drawn by DeSantis, giving them a 20-8 majority over Democrats.

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