CREDIT: Shutterstock A redistricting scheme in Florida counts inmates at the Jefferson Correctional Institution as nearly half of the voting age population in one Jefferson County district. But none of the 1,157 inmates can actually vote. A lawsuit filed Monday by the Florida branch of the American Civil Liberties Union argues that the county’s use of “prison gerrymandering,” the practice of counting inmates as residents of their correctional facilities when drawing legislative districts, is inflating the political influence of the non-prison population of District 3 and diluting the political influence of the rest of the county.
Comment on Prison Gerrymandering Lawsuit Accuses Florida County Of Skewing The Vote
Kira Lerner, Think Progress
Tue, 03/10/2015 - 8:40am
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