Dean Cannon: Special Session Needed on Senate Redistricting

House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, announced on Friday that there will be a special session of the Florida Legislature later this year to focus on the redistricting maps.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Friday that there is no problem with the maps of the new House districts -- but the Legislature will have to address the Senate proposed new lines, Cannon said. The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Senate districts proposed by the Legislature are unconstitutional.

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