What is Gerrymandering?
In politics, the rearrangement of voting districts to favor the party in power...
to create as many districts as possible in areas of known support and to
concentrate the opposition's strength into as few districts as possible.

What is the problem with Gerrymandered Districts?
- The result is bizarrely shaped, uncompetitive districts that senselessly divide, Florida's cities, counties and neighborhoods.
- Voters have few choices or competitive races.
- Voters in these districts do not share common needs and objectives.
- Voters have less opportunity to connect with their elected officials.

THE SOLUTION
Clear, non-political standards that will require districts to be fairly drawn, compact and community based while preserving equal opportunities for minority voters.  Fair Districts Florida is working to help establish these standards!

What is Fair Districts Florida?
Fair Districts Florida is a nonpartisan state committee working to reform the way our state draws legislative and congressional district lines by establishing constitutionally mandated fairness standards.

FairDistrictsFlorida.org has drafted two amendments to the Florida Constitution which it plans to put on the 2010 ballot through the citizen initiative process. These amendments would establish fairness standards for use in creating legislative and congressional district boundaries. 

Click here to Download & Print the Petitions

We must collect signatures on 1.6 million petitions (800,000 of each petition) so that the voters will have an opportunity to vote in November 2010.

To read more about Fair Districts Florida, please see their website: www.FairDistrictsFlorida.org