After 2nd suspension of a state attorney, fears grow over GOP plan to consolidate districts

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Some prosecutors oppose plan to reduce Fla.'s judicial circuits

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ouster of Central Florida prosecutor Monique Worrell is enflaming concerns about a broader effort to revamp Florida’s judicial circuits, fearing it is aimed at further consolidating power under the state's Republican leadership.

Worrell’s suspension Wednesday by DeSantis followed his removal last year of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, a twice-elected Democrat. Only four state attorneys who ran for election as Democrats now remain across Florida’s 20 judicial circuits.

Worrell was state attorney for Orange and Osceola Counties and the only Black woman serving as an elected Florida prosecutor.

A review underway could be a prelude to the GOP-controlled Legislature changing and consolidating Florida’s judicial boundaries, a move viewed by critics as intended to enhance the party's control of the court system.

“It is nothing short of an attempt to gerrymander, allowing Republicans to place voters where they want them and in the specific areas they want them to be in,” said state Rep. Ashely Gantt, a Miami Democrat.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/08/10/effort-to-consolidate-floridas-judicial-circuits-brings-backlash/70557250007/

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1. How did election administration end up in the hands of partisan politicians?? Criminal.