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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Corrine Brown helps kick off campaign opposing redistricting amendments
U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown, a black Democrat from a district that spans from Jacksonville to Orlando, and Mario Diaz-Balart, a Hispanic Republican from a South Florida district, are supporting a group called Protect Your Vote, which wants to defeat Amendments 5 and 6. Those amendments are aimed at minimizing gerrymandering in the once-a-decade redrawing of legislative and congressional districts, set to take place again in 2012.
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