April Meeting update

Tom Flanigan, News Director WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio Network, Was kind enough to provide some audio files from our last meeting of the DCNF. Please read and listen to Flanigan's reprt below.

Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho says the last time Florida really had fair elections was in the 1980s. That was after the courts forced redrawing of the state's election districts without politics affecting the process. But in recent years, Sancho says things are worse than every and both Democrats and Republicans are to blame…
Speaking before Leon County Democrats on Monday, Sancho said he's supporting the "Fair Districts" amendments that will be on this November's ballot. Meanwhile, the Florida Legislature has introduced two amendments of its own that Sancho says would keep district lines unfair. Opponents of the Fair Districts amendments say they would put the state at odds with federal court rulings that ensure minority representation.
https://home.comcast.net/~DCNF/fair1.mp3
Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho is NOT a big fan of lawmakers being allowed to draw their own voting districts….
That's why Sancho says he's supporting Florida Constitutional Amendments Five and Six. They would set up tighter controls on how lawmakers could draw voting districts. Sancho's also against two new amendments proposed by the legislature that he says would effectively gut Amendments Five and Six. Those who oppose the so-called "Fair Districts" amendments say they could put the state in violation of federal fair voting rules and result in endless lawsuits.
https://home.comcast.net/~DCNF/fair2.mp3