Florida Banned Partisan Gerrymandering and DeSantis Is Just Ignoring It.

Florida voters didn’t leave any wiggle room. They amended the state constitution to ban partisan gerrymandering outright. Not “discourage.” Not “limit.”
Ban.
The mandate was simple: district maps cannot be drawn to favor a political party. Period. No tricks. No loopholes.

And yet here we are—watching the Legislature, once again, try to do exactly what the constitution says they cannot do. And watching Ron DeSantis push it right alongside them.

Why? Because they’re counting on the public not paying attention. Or worse—they’re counting on you thinking you can’t do anything about it.

This Isn’t Misinterpretation — It’s Defiance

Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment is one of the clearest election reforms in the entire country. The voters wrote it in plain English. The courts have already reinforced it. There’s no courtroom gymnastics needed to explain what it means.

But the Legislature isn’t confused.
They’re not squinting at the constitution thinking, “Hmm, tricky wording.”
No. They’re walking right past it like it’s optional reading.

This is deliberate. This is strategic. This is a power grab that depends entirely on voter exhaustion.

DeSantis Is Not a Bystander Here — He’s the Engine

This isn’t some rogue legislative committee freelancing bad ideas.
This is Ron DeSantis’s playbook.

When he didn’t like the maps in 2022, he didn’t negotiate—he ordered the Legislature to hand him the pen, then forced through one of the most aggressively partisan congressional maps in the country.
A map the courts later ruled unconstitutional.

Did he care? No.
Did he stop? No.
Did he learn anything? Absolutely—he learned that he could get away with it as long as he moved fast and dared anyone to stop him.

Now he’s back for round two.
And the Legislature is marching behind him, hoping his aggression gives them cover.

They’re Not Protecting Voters — They’re Protecting Power

Let’s be brutally honest: they’re not doing this to “improve representation” or “keep communities intact.”
They’re doing this to protect their political dominance, even if it means bulldozing the constitution to do it.

Gerrymandering is how politicians choose their voters instead of voters choosing their politicians. It’s the ultimate democratic cheat code. And DeSantis and legislative Republicans want to keep it locked in place, even if the people of Florida have already outlawed it.

That’s not leadership.
That’s entitlement wrapped in legal theater.

The Message to Voters Could Not Be More Insulting

When your leaders openly violate the rules you put in place, they are telling you something:
“We don’t think you’ll notice, and even if you do, we don’t think you’ll stop us.”

They’re saying the quiet part out loud:

• We don’t care what the constitution says.

• We don’t care what you voted for.

• We don’t think the courts will move fast enough.

• We think you’re too overwhelmed to fight this again.

It’s contempt, not confusion. Arrogance, not misunderstanding.

This Is Bigger Than Maps — It’s About Whether the Constitution Still Applies

If a governor and a legislature can ignore a constitutional amendment passed directly by the people, then what else becomes optional?

Voting rights?
Public transparency?
Checks and balances?
Anything that stands in the way of political ambition?

When leaders decide that rules no longer bind them, democracy stops being a system and starts becoming a costume.

Florida Voters Weren’t Vague. Politicians Just Refuse to Obey.

The people of Florida spoke clearly:
No partisan gerrymandering.

The Legislature heard you.
DeSantis heard you.
And they’re choosing to act like none of it applies to them.

This isn’t just a fight over district lines.
It’s a fight over whether your vote still matters once it leaves the ballot box.

And it’s the moment where Florida has to decide whether to let its leaders rewrite the rules—or remind them exactly who wrote them in the first place.

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