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A four day trial over the Florida’s State Senate maps will wrapp up late this afternoon. Earlier this year lawmakers admitted they maps drawn in 2012 violated the constitution because they were designed to help the GOP. Lawmakers tried in October and November to redraw a map but failed. Now a circuit judge must decide if the map drawn by the League of Women voters or a map draw by State Senator Bill Galvano should be used. Galvano said after testifying that he may be willing to consider allowing the job to be given to an independent commission in the future.

“Our discretion has continued to be narrowed. And so we have very little room to move when we are in session. And if we do end up in court overtime we do it, maybe we do need to take a look at the process as a whole. But we do have a Constitution Revision Commission that’s just on the horizon, and perhaps we’ll take a look at all these issues with regard to reapportionment” Galvano said after testifying.

As lawyers made their final arguments this afternoon, the judge opined from the bench that he hoped future Floridians would benefit from the turmoil created by the redistricting trials.