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The Florida Supreme Court has found state Senators didn’t listen to the voters wishes when they drew themselves new district lines. the court rejected eight of the forty Senate districts. Voters passed new constitutional standards that require compact districts that obey political boundaries as much as possible and don’t protect incumbents. Now they will have to come back and redraw the maps. Senator Alan Hays says he just wants to get it over with.

I’m here to serve the public and say if the voters want to put me back up here, I’d be honored to serve. If they don’t, them I’ll give my blessing to who ever succeeds me. Just draw me a district and let me get out there and run,” says Hays. Democratic Leader ron Saunders may not like the house map, but that doesn’t matter.

“One of the things they looked at was the difference between the House and the Senate map, where the House map paired incumbents and the Senate map did not, so I think that was one of the things they looked at. In the end it’s whether the map is valid, not whether its a good map or bad map whether you agree with the map or not, the Supreme Court has spoken and said the House map passed the constitutional standards and the Senate map did not, so we have to come back in a special session to deal with the senate map.”

Lawmakers will have fifteen days to redraw the maps. If the court still doesn’t like them, the court can draw them themselves.