The Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the city of Daytona Beach and the Volusia County Elections Supervisor over allegations of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering regarding City Commission districts.

It’s the second lawsuit the ACLU has filed targeting Daytona Beach’s districts in less than two years.

“In crafting Zones 5 and 6, the Commission set an arbitrary and unjustified racial target: that they should have at least 50% Black residents,” the new lawsuit said. “The City engaged in racial gerrymandering that unconstitutionally abridges Plaintiffs’ rights to the equal protection of the laws.”

The ACLU filed the lawsuit this week in the U.S. District Court’s Orlando division on behalf of the Vote! political committee and three

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