Judge Rules Miami ‘Unconstitutionally’ Gerrymandered Voting Maps

United States District Court Judge K. Michael Moore ruled city commissioners ‘unconstitutionally’ drew district lines in both 2022 and 2023 based on race.

South Beach, Miami, Florida. Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority/TNS

A federal judge has struck down Miami’s current city commission maps, ruling that the city “unconstitutionally” drew district lines based on race.

Originally filed in 2022, when the city redistricted the five commission seats, Grove Rights and Community Equity Inc. and two local chapters of the NAACP argued that the new maps constituted an illegal racial gerrymander.