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Thursday, 13 October 2011
“Redistricting is not about numbers, it’s about people — how people get political power,” Garcia said during a briefing Oct. 6 at the Marriott Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami. In Florida — infamous for vote suppression — how minorities can protect their interests during the redrawing of congressional boundaries was also addressed by Jean-Robert Lafortune, president, Haitian Grassroots Coalition; Leon Russell, legislative chairman, Florida NAACP and vice chairman for the NAACP national board of directors; and Juan Cartagena, president and general counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF. New American Media, which organized the session, reported that the 2010 Census shows Florida’s population having grown by 18 percent — far outpacing the national rate in adding 2.8 million voters — but the Republican-dominated legislature, fearing that ethnic voters will swing Democratic, has not released redistricting maps to the public. Photo: C.B. HANIF/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES Strong Message: John Garcia, communications director for Latino-Justice PRLDEF, spoke along with (L-R) Jean-Robert Lafortune, Leon Russell and Juan Cartagena during a recent discussion of the impact of redistricting on minorities. Email this Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment This content has been locked. You can no longer post any comments.

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