Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law
2 years, 2 months ago

Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared open Tuesday to making it harder to create majority Black electoral districts, in an Alabama case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States. The justices heard two hours of arguments in the latest showdown over the federal Voting Rights Act, with lawsuits seeking to force Alabama to create a second Black majority congressional district. Against pushback from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the other liberal justices, Justice Samuel Alito said it’s too easy for people suing over discrimination in redistricting to win because the first bar in the legal test is too low — simply showing that another political district could be drawn in which minority residents make up a majority of voters. Even the state’s “least far-reaching argument,” as Alito put it, would result in many fewer districts drawn to give racial minorities the opportunity to elect their candidates of choice, the court’s three liberal justices said.

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Fight to restore Black voters’ strength could dismantle Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment
3 months, 1 week ago

Fight to restore Black voters’ strength could dismantle Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A coalition of voting rights groups is pointing to a voter-approved amendment to argue Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the state constitution when he dismantled a Black congressional district, but if they lose the case, the Fair Districts Amendment itself could also be tossed out. “Will the whole FDA have to go?” In 2010, Florida voters …

'Anxiety': Supreme Court watchers frantic about ability to 'tip the scales' in 2024 vote
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Anxiety': Supreme Court watchers frantic about ability to 'tip the scales' in 2024 vote

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court has made voting rights advocates nervous about November's election with a recent decision changing registration rules in Arizona. The justices neglected to clarify in that ruling when they would take up election and voting cases, and experts fear the court will unevenly apply an ambiguous legal principle, known as Purcell, that's intended to minimize chaos by …

Alabama says law cannot block people with certain felony convictions from voting in 2024 election
4 months ago

Alabama says law cannot block people with certain felony convictions from voting in 2024 election

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama says a new state law expanding the list of felonies that cause a person to lose their right to vote won’t be enforced until after the November election and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the effective date. The Alabama attorney general office wrote in a Friday court filing that the new law, which …

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. “We are very relieved that SCOTUS agreed with us that it’s too close to the election to insert uncertainty.. We will have a …

Judge: Louisiana legislative districts dilute Black voting strength, violate the Voting Rights Act
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge: Louisiana legislative districts dilute Black voting strength, violate the Voting Rights Act

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — New state House and Senate boundary lines drawn up by the Louisiana Legislature in 2022 dilute Black voting strength in violation of the U.S. Voting Rights Act, a federal judge in Baton Rouge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick’s ruling blocked the use of the House and Senate district maps in future elections and gave the …

A lawsuit seeks to block Louisiana’s new congressional map that has 2nd mostly Black district
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A lawsuit seeks to block Louisiana’s new congressional map that has 2nd mostly Black district

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Legislature’s redrawn congressional map giving the state a second mostly Black district is being challenged by 12 self-described “non-African American” voters in a new lawsuit. The challenge filed Wednesday and assigned to a judge in Lafayette says the map, which Republican lawmakers agreed to as a result of a 2022 federal lawsuit filed in Baton …

A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act

NPR  

A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images A federal appeals court has denied a request to revisit a ruling that could undermine a key tool for enforcing the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in the election process. It's the …

3 novel legal arguments by Republicans that threaten the Voting Rights Act in 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

3 novel legal arguments by Republicans that threaten the Voting Rights Act in 2024

NPR  

3 novel legal arguments by Republicans that threaten the Voting Rights Act in 2024 Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Voting Rights Act had a roller-coaster year in the courts in 2023, and legal challenges to the landmark law are set to continue this year. While critics have been challenging …

Groups want full federal appeals court to revisit ruling limiting scope of the Voting Rights Act
1 year ago

Groups want full federal appeals court to revisit ruling limiting scope of the Voting Rights Act

Associated Press  

— Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas on Monday asked a full federal appeals court to reconsider a three-judge panel’s ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. Circuit Court of Appeals after a panel ruled 2-1 last month that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights …

Opinion: The outlandish ruling that could eviscerate what’s left of the landmark Voting Rights Act
1 year ago

Opinion: The outlandish ruling that could eviscerate what’s left of the landmark Voting Rights Act

LA Times  

If a decision handed down by a conservative federal appeals court last week is allowed to stand, it will gut what remains of one of the most important federal laws enacted in my lifetime, the Voting Rights Act. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohibits state and local election practices and systems from discriminating against voters of color. This …

Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue
1 year, 1 month ago

Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision that contradicts decades of precedent and could further erode protections under the landmark 1965 law. The 2-1 decision by a panel of …

The Supreme Court refuses to speed the drawing of a new congressional map in Louisiana
1 year, 2 months ago

The Supreme Court refuses to speed the drawing of a new congressional map in Louisiana

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an emergency appeal from Black voters in Louisiana to speed the process of drawing new congressional districts in the state. The appeals court said U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick was moving too fast and must give the state more time to consider a new map. Civil rights groups had hoped a new …

The Supreme Court signals support for a Republican-leaning congressional district in South Carolina
1 year, 2 months ago

The Supreme Court signals support for a Republican-leaning congressional district in South Carolina

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to preserve the Republican hold on a South Carolina congressional district against a claim that it treats Black voters unfairly. The court’s six conservative justices signaled skepticism with a lower court ruling that ordered South Carolina to redraw a coastal district that is held by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace. Kavanaugh and …

Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges
1 year, 2 months ago

Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The U.S. Supreme Court in June upheld the three-judge panel’s finding that Alabama’s prior map — with one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is …

Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence in Alabama set to redraw congressional districts
1 year, 2 months ago

Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence in Alabama set to redraw congressional districts

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal judge said Tuesday that the court will soon adopt new congressional districts for Alabama, choosing among proposals aimed at giving Black voters a greater opportunity to influence election outcomes in the Deep South state. The panel is stepping in to adopt new district boundaries after ruling that the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature failed to remedy a …

In a win for Black voters in redistricting case, Alabama to get new congressional lines
1 year, 2 months ago

In a win for Black voters in redistricting case, Alabama to get new congressional lines

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s bid to keep using a plan with a single majority-Black district. WHAT HAPPENED Justices denied Alabama’s emergency request to keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place and stop a three-judge panel from drawing new lines …

Court appointee proposes Alabama congressional districts to provide representation to Black voters
1 year, 2 months ago

Court appointee proposes Alabama congressional districts to provide representation to Black voters

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama as federal judges oversee the drawing of new lines to provide greater representation for Black voters. Richard Allen, the court-appointed special master, wrote that all three proposals follow the court’s instruction to create a second district in the state where Black voters …

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case

NPR  

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case Enlarge this image toggle caption Al Drago/Getty Images Al Drago/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to block enforcement of an Alabama voting rights decision that the high court issued just months ago. In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act because, in …

Supreme Court to decide whether Alabama can postpone drawing new congressional districts
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court to decide whether Alabama can postpone drawing new congressional districts

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to soon rule on Alabama’s request to let it keep new GOP-drawn congressional lines in place as it fights a three-judge panel’s plan to create a second majority-Black district, or something close to it, in the Deep South state. The state attorney general and lawyers representing Black voters who challenged the …

A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps
1 year, 3 months ago

A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections. Shawn Donahue of the State University of New York at Buffalo, an expert on voting rights and redistricting, said the Supreme Court could put a quick end to the delays and “summarily …

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024

Associated Press  

Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled recently that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents. Another trial alleging racial violations in voting districts got underway Tuesday in Georgia, where Democrats also hope to make gains, while voting rights advocates in Ohio decided to drop a …

Alabama Is Quickly Discovering the Dangers of Defying the Supreme Court
54 years, 11 months ago

Alabama Is Quickly Discovering the Dangers of Defying the Supreme Court

Slate  

Alabama Republicans’ brash defiance of the Supreme Court hit a wall on Tuesday when a federal district court declared that the state’s new congressional maps discriminate against Black citizens in violation of the Voting Rights Act. In January 2022, based on long-standing precedent, a right-leaning district court sided with the plaintiffs and ordered the state to draw a second “opportunity” …

Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power
1 year, 3 months ago

Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court. In blocking the newly drawn congressional map, the three-judge panel wrote that they are “deeply troubled” that Alabama lawmakers flouted …

Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map
1 year, 4 months ago

Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans failed to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters. A special three-judge panel in 2022 blocked use of the the state’s existing districts and said any new congressional map should include two districts where …

The fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court
1 year, 5 months ago

The fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Standing at an Alabama Statehouse microphone before lawmakers voted on new congressional districts, state Rep. Chris England said that change in the Deep South state has often happened only through federal court order. The fight over whether Alabama’s congressional map complies with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 now shifts back to federal court as state Republicans …

Alabama GOP accused of ripping off Black voters with new congressional map
1 year, 5 months ago

Alabama GOP accused of ripping off Black voters with new congressional map

Raw Story  

Republicans in Alabama have passed a new congressional map that is reportedly being criticized for defying U.S. Supreme Court precedent created to protect minority voters. "Civil rights groups have already vowed to challenge the new map in court, a month after the Supreme Court ruled that the state's previous district lines marginalized the state's sizable Black population in violation of …

Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district
1 year, 5 months ago

Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice and trigger a renewed battle over the state’s political map. State lawmakers faced a deadline to adopt new district lines after the Supreme Court in June …

Judge refuses to toss discrimination lawsuits over Georgia voting districts
1 year, 5 months ago

Judge refuses to toss discrimination lawsuits over Georgia voting districts

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A judge has refused to dismiss lawsuits alleging Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts illegally discriminate against Black voters. The orders apply to three cases, one challenging the lines of Georgia’s 14 congressional districts and two challenging the lines of the 56 state Senate and 180 state House districts. In the state legislative cases, the challengers argue a map …

Alabama Republicans dare the Supreme Court to uphold voting rights ruling.
1 year, 5 months ago

Alabama Republicans dare the Supreme Court to uphold voting rights ruling.

Slate  

Alabama Republicans took a major step toward openly defying the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, advancing a new congressional map that fails to comply with the court’s landmark Voting Rights Act decision in June. Like Louisiana Republicans, who are currently pursuing a similar tactic over a similar racial gerrymander, Alabama legislators think the Supreme Court may walk back its newfound …

Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling
1 year, 5 months ago

Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map that could test what is required by the judges’ directive. In a state where more than one in four residents is Black, …

Alabama rushes to adopt new congressional map amid disagreement on what district should look like
1 year, 5 months ago

Alabama rushes to adopt new congressional map amid disagreement on what district should look like

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Federal judges that ordered Alabama to draw new congressional lines said the state should have a second district where Black voters are the majority “or something quite close to it” and have an opportunity to elect a representative of their choice. The directive comes after a surprise U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the lower court’s ruling …

Opinion: The Supreme Court's just-ended term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court's just-ended term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats

LA Times  

The lopsided far-right majority in the Supreme Court produced some advantages for Democrats in the coming 2024 elections. More shocking still: One of those decisions, the court’s Allen vs. Milligan ruling early last month, actually gives Democrats a leg up in recapturing control of the House in the 2024 elections. By its 5-4 decision in Allen, with Chief Justice John …

Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana political remap case, increasing the likelihood that the Republican-dominated state will have to redraw boundary lines to create a second mostly Black congressional district. “What this does is it puts us back on track to realize a second majority-minority district.” In a written statement, the Louisiana Legislative …

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections
1 year, 6 months ago

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections

Associated Press  

The 2022 elections marked the first using new voting districts drawn from updated census data. RACE IN REDISTRICTING The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that Alabama’s congressional districts likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power of Black voters. It ordered a lower court to impose new U.S. House and state …

Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — This week’s Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts was seen by many minority lawmakers and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing political maps that dilute the strength of communities of color. “As I said when I vetoed it, Louisiana’s current congressional map …

Supreme Court rules Alabama discriminated against Black voters in major victory for voting rights
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court rules Alabama discriminated against Black voters in major victory for voting rights

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In a victory for voting rights and Alabama voters, the …

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh aligned with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling …

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act — and might have helped doom Republicans in 2024
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act — and might have helped doom Republicans in 2024

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court stunned political observers on Thursday in the closely watched Allen v. Milligan case, ruling that Alabama likely violated the Voting Rights Act's prohibition on racial gerrymandering when it drew a map that packs most of the state's Black voters into a single congressional district — and the decision could make it harder for Republicans to hold the …

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act in surprise ruling against Alabama Republicans
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act in surprise ruling against Alabama Republicans

LA Times  

Supreme Court justices have ruled 5 to 4 that Alabama’s Republican-controlled Legislature must draw a new election district that would be likely to favor a Black Democrat. The Supreme Court upheld the broad reach of the Voting Rights Act on Thursday, ruling that Alabama’s Republican lawmakers are required to draw a new election district that would likely elect a Black …

US Supreme Court rules in favour of Alabama Black voters
1 year, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court rules in favour of Alabama Black voters

Al Jazeera  

The conservative-dominated United States Supreme Court, in a surprise ruling, has sided with Black voters who alleged a Republican-drawn districting map in the state of Alabama was discriminatory. In a 5-4 ruling, the court said that the congressional map — which had only one majority Black congressional district out of seven, in a state where more than one in four …

Opinion: Why today’s Supreme Court decision on voting rights is such a shock
1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: Why today’s Supreme Court decision on voting rights is such a shock

LA Times  

After a decade of weakening federal protection of voting rights, the Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed that the Voting Rights Act prevents racial discrimination in drawing election districts. In an ideologically split decision, the court made it very difficult to prove a racially discriminatory effect and also said that there must be consideration of the state’s interest in preventing voter …

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. “At that point, you have to ask yourself what’s left of the Voting Rights Act?” said Franita Tolson, a constitutional and election …

Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Democratic-leaning Black voters and to make it …

Supreme Court Justices Question Alabama's Argument To Gut The Voting Rights Act
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Justices Question Alabama's Argument To Gut The Voting Rights Act

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Six Supreme Court justices, both liberal and conservative, did not immediately buy the case made by the state of Alabama that the court should overturn 40 years of precedent and gut the Voting Rights Act during arguments in the case of Merrill v. Milligan on Tuesday. In questioning Alabama’s argument, it appeared possible that the court’s conservatives …

US Supreme Court hears arguments in Alabama voting rights case
2 years, 2 months ago

US Supreme Court hears arguments in Alabama voting rights case

Al Jazeera  

The case could have implications for the future of voting rights in the United States, where partisan voting maps are common. The US Supreme Court heard spirited arguments on Tuesday in a major legal battle that threatens to further undermine a landmark federal voting rights law as the state of Alabama defends a Republican-drawn electoral map faulted by judges for …

Black representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Black representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The invisible line dividing two of Alabama’s congressional districts slices through Montgomery, near iconic sites from the civil rights movement as well as ones more personal to Evan Milligan. But on a 5-4 vote in February, the Supreme Court sided with Alabama to allow this year’s congressional elections to take place without adding a second predominantly Black …

Justices nix 2nd mostly Black district in Louisiana for 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Justices nix 2nd mostly Black district in Louisiana for 2022

Associated Press  

BATON ROUGE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. With the three liberal justices dissenting, the high court short-circuited the earlier order from U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick to create a second majority Black congressional district in …

Suit: Mississippi high court districts dilute Black voting
2 years, 7 months ago

Suit: Mississippi high court districts dilute Black voting

Associated Press  

— Mississippi needs to update its state Supreme Court districts to ensure Black voters have a chance to elect a candidate of their choice in a state with a history of racially polarized voting, Black plaintiffs said in a lawsuit filed Monday. Mississippi’s three Supreme Court districts are all majority-white, and they were last updated in 1987 over the objection …

Congressional maps without new Black district approved
2 years, 9 months ago

Congressional maps without new Black district approved

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A special session of the Louisiana Legislature ended Friday in Baton Rouge with new boundary lines drawn for the state’s six-member congressional delegation and the state House and Senate. Court challenges to the new congressional districts are also expected from advocates who say they violate the federal Voting Rights Act in a state where about a third …

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